The influence of rural living radiates throughout J. K. Grueber's novels as she was born and raised in a small town in Western Pennsylvania. Even though she lived within spitting distance of Pittsburgh, most of her escapades involved farm country and horses-a lifestyle she continues to embrace. Presently, she and her husband, Steve, live on a small horse farm in Northeast Ohio, where she tends to twenty-plus Quarter Horses and Thoroughbreds along with two Great Pyrenees, a dozen ducks, and a plethora of cats. She divides her time between writing paranormal mysteries and breeding, training, and racing Thoroughbreds.