Rena Koontz is an award-winning author who began her career as a newspaper journalist and was recognized by the Associated Press for excellence in reporting. She draws from her street experience to write award-winning, edge-of-your-seat suspense novels with a hint of romance. She’s an award-winning author with the Kiss of Death Chapter of Romance Writers of America, the Orange County (CA) Romance Writers, and a multi-year award winner with the Florida Authors and Publishers Association. Rena writes about real events she covered as a news reporter in Pittsburgh, PA. and Cleveland, OH., weaving them into intriguing love stories. She never reveals where the facts stop and the fiction begins. Her passions are her husband and her dog. Not necessarily in that order. For more information, check out her website: www.renakoontz.com