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  fumbled with the latch and threw the gate open before sprinting toward home. He needed to run from it all. From his brother’s injury, from the responsibility of Lindsey and the baby, from the end of his career and aspirations, even from Kelly—the one person he’d counted on his entire adult life.

  He ran to the only sane thing, the only good thing in his world. He ran to Caitlyn.

  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  Like Owen, you’re probably wondering what the hell is going on with Kellen? You’ll find out all about his situation in the next book in the series, Treasure Me.

  I think most readers of this series have figured out by now that One Night with Sole Regret is a serial series, but I still get hate mail about cliffhangers and dangling plots and why it takes so long to write these books, so I’m going to clarify a few things here for everyone.

  The Sole Regret series has three arcs, and each of the five band members gets a book in each arc. The first arc (books 1-5) are the “meet and sparks fly” collection, the second arc (books 6-10) are the “tons of crazy shit is happening now” collection, and the third and final arc (books 11-15) are the “oh, so that’s how this crazy shit is resolved” collection. So we have one more book in the “tons of crazy shit is happening now” collection, before we reach all the resolutions you’re craving in books 11-15.

  I did not think this series would take so long to write. When I started, I thought (incorrectly) that each book would be short and sweet like Try Me. The newer books are almost three times longer than that first book and I have a LOT LOT more details to keep track of than at the beginning, so the newer books are going to take a LOT LOT longer to write. I thought (incorrectly) that juggling three series would be a piece of cake, but my brain has to reset and get back up to speed on each series as I go from writing a Sinners book to an Exodus End book to a Sole Regret book and repeat, repeat, repeat. By the time I’ve reset my brain and gotten back into the flow of a different series, weeks and sometimes months have passed without writing much at all. I’ve also had a shit-tacular year and spent most of it either in the hospital at my Mom’s bedside or after she was finally off life-support (and lived), taking her to various appointments for the lung cancer they found while fixing her heart. So that’s another reason the books are “taking so long”. I can’t control my Mom’s health issues, and I will still be there for her if she takes another turn for the worse, but I can control which books I write and when. So I’ve recently decided to stick with the Sole Regret series until it’s finished, before switching to Exodus End and then the remaining Sinners novellas. At least, that’s my plan right now. Maybe I’m wrong and it won’t help me keep details in my head and write faster if I just focus on one series at a time, but I think it will help immensely. And I think (but won’t promise) that I’ll be able to publish a Sole Regret book every two to three months once I get into the swing of things. This all hinges on 2017 being a less shit-tacular year than 2016 was. Fuck you, 2016. I hope you choke.

  So thanks for your patience, dear readers. I do love this series and these characters and all the crazy shit that is happening now, and I can’t wait until it’s all resolved and all the members of Sole Regret are living their happily ever afters. We will get there hopefully sooner than you think. Hang in there, Sole Regret fans. We’re now on the downslide of this crazy roller coaster ride.

  While I’m here, I’d also like to thank my amazing editor, Beth Hill, my sensational beta reader/book-signing assistant, Cyndi McGowen, and my little group of rockin’ roadies: Jenna, Traci, Maureen, Annette and Karen. I appreciate all you do for me.