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To Kime Heller-Neal: Thank you for reading and listening to my bitching. You’re amazing! Hope you’re busy writing! :)

To my family and friends: Thank you for all of your support. I know I turn into a bit of a hermit when I’m writing and on a deadline, and more so the past few months! Sorry I checked out, but I’m baaaa-aaaack. I love you all. Now, it’s time to go out and have that glass of wine (or three) that I’ve been talking about!

To everyone at Seton Hill University’s Writing Popular Fiction program, big hugs! I’m lucky to be part of such an amazing writing community.

Last, but most importantly, to my husband: Thank you for everything you do. From making sure I get out of the house to making sure I see the sun, I love you. I can’t do it with out you. You’re my everything. And you do take such good care of your
pet writer
. ;)

Aileen Erin
is half-Irish, half-Mexican, and 100% nerd—from Star Wars (prequels don’t count) to Star Trek (TNG FTW), she reads Quenya and some Sindarin, and has a severe fascination with the supernatural. Aileen has a BS in Radio-TV-Film from the University of Texas at Austin, and an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University. She lives with her husband in Los Angeles, and spends her days doing her favorite things: reading books, creating worlds, and kicking ass.