Andrea Riley: Thanks for your love and support, cuz! I appreciate the constant writing support and encouragement all the way back to when you read that first draft of The Road to Damascus many years ago. We were raised like sisters and have weathered the tough times together. I love you very, very much.
Sara Wolf: Thank you for being such a wonderful and inspiring writing buddy all these years. You’ve been there encouraging me through the good times and the bad, and I’ll never forget you for it. Thanks so much for lending your eye to early drafts of Music, for encouraging and lifting me up with your enthusiasm
Paige & Enzo Silva: What can I say to two of the most amazing, supportive, enthusiastic and giving friends a gal could ever ask for? Most of all, I give thanks that you both have been a part of life for all these years and have hung in there with me through the very, very dark times. Your love means the world to me.
To all the ladies of my street team Ashley’s Angels: Your support, enthusiasm, pimpage, humor, and general amazingness makes me very humbled and honored to have you in my corner!! Special shout-outs to Shannon Furhman & Tamara Debbaut for their AMAZING Music of the Heart inspired fan art and quotes. You rock, ladies!! And also thanks to Amber Vaughn for your pimpage of my fanpage as well as all the amazing fan art. Plus it was pretty amazing seeing The Proposition in the sights of Ireland! You’re amazing!
To the Book Avenue Review, Kim Box Person, Ana’s Attic, Aeastas Book Blog, Flirty and Dirty Book Blog, and Literati Literature Lovers for being a supporter of my books from the very, very beginning. Your pimpage and love means so much to me. There’s so many other blogs I owe thanks to like Shh Mom’s Reading, Three Chicks and Their Books, Into the Night Reviews, My Secret Romance, Smitten’s Book Blog, and Reviews by Tammy and Kim along with sooooo many others!!
Emilie Grey for you overwhelming enthusiasm and support for my books along with making all the fabulous Jakeisms on Pinterest!! You are a true ray of sunshine!
To Amazing new writer buddies: CC Wood, RK Lilley, Jasinda Wilder, Tara Sivec, Amy Bartol, Georgia Cates, Jenn Sterling, Nyrae Dawn, AC Marchman, Jami Mac, Jenn Foor, and Michelle Leighton. You ladies rock my rocks with your talent, your support, and your laughter!!
To the ladies of the Hot Ones: Karen Lawson, Marion Archer, Amy Lineaweaver, and Merci Arellano: You ladies are too amazing for words. I love how our first book chat went for three hours. I could Skype with you guys every day and still not talk enough! Your support and enthusiasm for my books is such a blessing, but it’s also the fact you care so much about Katie/Krista as a person that means the most. Big hugs and love!
To reader buddies who inspire me with their love, support, and fangirling: Ricki Wieselthier, Kimberly Sutherland, Andrea Gregory, Angie Hocking, Aimee Packorek, Donna Soluri, Amanda Orozco, Missy Mealer, Jennifer Singh, Donna Kilroy, and Stephanie Tolsky.
To my IRL besties Kim Benefield, Kristi Hefner, Gwen McPherson, Brittany Haught, Jaime Brock, Erica Deese, and Lindsey Cochran. Thanks for being there for me in the good and bad times. Your support of my writing has meant the world to me, but it’s your friendship that I truly treasure. I wouldn’t take anything for the years of laughter, tears, and craziness we’ve all shared together. Love you lots.
Gene & Yvonne Norton & Jimmy & Joy Stephens: Thank you for being a blessing and light in my life since the day I was born. Your love and dedication to me and my family has mean so much in the good and bad times. Thank you for your constant prayers, encouragement and love and for standing by me in the storms of life when those we all loved and adored were taken from us.
And big, huge, tremendous hugs to all my readers and bloggers!!
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Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Epilogue
About the Author
Acknowledgements