Many thanks to authors Jessica Park, Tammara Webber, Abbi Glines, Liz Reinhardt, and EL James for your advice, your encouragement, and direction. I adore each and every one of you, and I am so very glad that we crossed paths;

To Jim Thomsen for his patience and expertise;

To Dr. Ross Vanhooser for believing in me and putting action and risk behind that belief;

To Harmony Hempfling, who is the best listener, and a fantastic beta reader.

To Maryse at Maryse.net and reader Nikki Estep for their enthusiasm and being instrumental in my success as an author;

And to my amazing husband, Jeff. You are infinitely supportive, patient, and love me even when I’m ignoring you for fictional people. You are my partner in life; my everything, and I wouldn’t think of doing any of this without you. I wouldn’t want to. Thank you so much for being everything that you are.

BIOGRAPHY

Jamie McGuire was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and now resides in Enid, OK with her husband and three children. Jamie is a registered radiographer as well as a best selling, independent author. Jamie has also written Beautiful Disaster, a contemporary romance novel. Find Jamie on Facebook or her website, www.jamiemcguire.com.