A closet writer in my youth, I set aside my passion when life presented me with a John Wayne husband and two wonderful children. A career in logistics offered me the opportunity to travel to many beautiful cities in America, and I use those locations when writing dark, gritty romantic suspense novels.

I write alpha males and kick-ass women with a hint of humor. They weave their way through death and fear to emerge stronger because of, and on occasion in spite of, their love for each other.

Whether my hero is a member of our nation’s military, the FBI, CIA, or a Sheriff in a backwater Texas county, he’s intelligent, aggressive, and hard-headed. He fights injustice, lives life on the edge, and when he falls in love…it’s forever. Much to his surprise, he needs a woman who can think for herself.

My heroine is not afraid to stand shoulder to shoulder with her man and fight for her beliefs – a woman, who loves life, sex, and laughter – a woman who struggles through the dark times and pulls her man, sometimes kicking and screaming, into her heart.

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Rita grew up running the beaches of a barrier island on Florida’s east coast. An island brat, she spent more time climbing weathered oaks and chasing alligators than playing with the dolls her family gave her. She married a Marine and feels fortunate to have lived many places and traveled to the states and countries she didn’t live. Retired from government service she moved back to that barrier island where she writes contemporary women’s fiction and suspense thrillers weaving her experiences into her stories. Her heros and heroines are either in the military or government service because she writes what she knows. Her father was in the Coast Guard and immediate family members served in every branch of the service as pilots, grunts, desk jockeys and everything in between.

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Born in Arizona, Cindy Nord moved from the southwestern desert to southwestern Indiana during her teenage years, then attended college, married and traveled around the country with her husband.  Eventually, she found her niche in the secretarial pool…”I could type fast but had no clue where commas went,” she says with a laugh.

After the birth of her two sons, she became a stay-at-home mom.  When the boys went down for naps, she settled in to read and escape into the world of historical novels.  A thousand stories and a long overdue divorce later, Cindy pulled out her father’s Tower typewriter and decided she would write a saga that contained the elements SHE liked best in a hero.

Cindy met her current husband, Tom, on a Civil War battlefield, where he was portraying a Captain of the 14th Indiana Infantry.  Right then and there, she decided to don a corset and become part of a unique little hobby called ‘Civil War Reenacting’; something she and her two young sons could enjoy together as a family. The rest, as they say, is history….and Cindy and Tom were married in June 1993.  Since then, they’ve toured many a battlefield, built their dream home, and raised the children to productive adults.

Through the years, Cindy was always surrounded by men…so she knows how they tick.  As the only sister between two brothers, she learned how to keep her head above the turbulent waters of male rivalry.  She carried that particular understanding into raising her sons.  She knows how the male mind works and brings these intriguing elements into the creation of every one of her heroes.  And yes…her sassy heroines know exactly how to push their buttons.

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