Rita Morgan (Novels/Comics)

Rita Morgan is a character in the Dexter Novels and the Dexter Comics.

Summary
Dexter uses Rita as a disguise to fit into society. Dexter's "love" for Rita is less sincere in the novels than in the television series.

Rita has two children from a previous marriage, Astor and Cody, who were abused by their crackhead father.

Personality

 * Friendly, energetic, devoted to her family

Novels

 * Darkly Dreaming Dexter

It's not revealed how Rita and Dexter meet, but they have been dating for a year and a half.

Rita is something of an exercise fanatic. She and Dexter regularly go for 5k runs, long bike rides, or weightlifting sessions together.


 * Dearly Devoted Dexter

Rita and Dexter, by a humorous misunderstanding, are engaged


 * Dexter in the Dark

At the end of novel, Rita and Dexter are married.


 * Dexter by Design

Rita and Dexter honeymoon in Paris


 * Dexter is Delicious

Rita gives birth to a girl, Lily Anne.


 * Double Dexter

To be added


 * Dexter's Final Cut

Rita is murdered by pedophile Robert Chase after she catches him molesting eleven-year-old Astor.


 * Dexter Is Dead

(Mentioned only)

Comics

 * Dexter: Issue 1

Relationships

 * Dexter Morgan - Rita's husband, and father to her third child, Lily Anne
 * Astor - Rita's oldest child, a daughter
 * Cody - Rita's middle child, a son
 * Lily Anne Morgan - Rita's youngest child, a daughter (In the TV series, her counterpart is Harrison Morgan)
 * Ex-husband - Rita was married and divorced prior to the first novel. Unlike the TV show, Rita's ex-husband is never mentioned by name, though it's revealed that he's in prison.
 * Deborah Morgan - Her sister-in-law, once Rita marries Dexter
 * Brian Moser - Her brother-in-law, and realtor

Victim

 * Brandon Weiss - Rita kicked him twice with her legs (because her arms were still bound) in self-defense which caused him to fall on a table saw. It cut off his arm and he bled to death. (Dexter by Design)