Take a Moment has now been released in the music charts worldwide and is available for download and streaming on all major music platforms. I’d hugely appreciate it if you’d consider downloading it and spreading the word.

You can find out more about my fundraising on my website, ninakaye.co.uk.

If you’re interested in knowing more about MS and FND and the life-limiting impact they can have, you can read about them on the MS Society www.mssociety.org.uk and FND Hope https://fndhope.org/ web pages.

Thank you for everything you do.

Yours

Nina Kaye x

Acknowledgements

Take A Moment is a story especially close to my heart: inspired by my own health challenges and my fight to regain my life after a sudden and debilitating illness with which I still live. These acknowledgements, therefore, go way beyond a thank you for support in writing this novel and getting it out into the world.

First up, my incredible husband, James. You are my Matt. Although we were already together when my health challenges reached a real low point, you never seemed to waver and you picked me up off the floor (both metaphorically and literally) too many times for me to count. You were by my side every step of the way; you have also offered me steadfast support and encouragement with my writing – and even some brilliant ideas. Thank you.

To my family: my amazing mum and dad, brothers, sisters-in-law and my niece and nephew. You were a huge part of my recovery, and also cheered me on with my writing, so I thank you from the bottom of my heart. A special thanks to my dad as for being my ‘unofficial editor’ and to my mum and sister-in-law, Geraldine, for reading my early drafts.

A huge thank you to Kate Nash of the Kate Nash Literary Agency for continuing to be a fountain of knowledge and support, and to Emily Bedford of Canelo for your fantastic editorial support. Also, to the whole team at Canelo for seeing the potential of Take A Moment and for doing such a brilliant job of getting it out there.

Then there are three very special ladies, whom I have never met in person, and who have been there with me (virtually) through all the ups and the downs of the last couple of years: Sandy Barker, Fiona Leitch and Andie Newton. I genuinely don’t know what I’d do without you. Thank you for everything – and I mean everything!

Another important thank you goes to Karen McCurry BEM, Centre Manager at the Multiple Sclerosis Centre, Mid Argyll, who very kindly read Take A Moment and gave me feedback before it went on submission to publishers.

I also want to extend a heartfelt thank you to all my friends and colleagues who have cheered me on with my writing for several years now. You know who you are, and you are wonderful.

And finally, thank you to all the readers of my previous novel, and of Take A Moment, for giving a chance to a new writer; and for the lovely reviews that lift me up every single day.