Days of You and Me (42 page)
To my beta team . . . you rock my world! Kara Schilling, Niki Mattes, Carla Edmonson, Christy Durbin, Krissy Smith, Ann Sutphin, Marla Wenger, Dawn Line, Yvonne Farmer, and Julianna Santiago—thank you so much. You keep me straight and make the stories so much better. Thank you for crying, for caring and for loving these characters as much as I do.
Thank you to Carla Edmonson, winner of the Tell Me Your Love Story contest, for allowing me the honor of using her own love story in part of this book. Her tale of true love touched me deeply, and I am thrilled we could use it.
And a huge thanks to ALL my Temptresses. During the writing of this book, you helped keep me sane-ish and even made me laugh. You are all my friends, and I treasure you.
To Mandie and Olivia, I couldn’t do this without you. Thank you for putting up with me. Mandie, once we make it through another year of Indie Bookfest, we are celebrating BIG. Get ready. And Olivia, I can’t wait until we can party together in October! Much love to you both.
I am sending piles of gratitude to the musicians whose talent helped to shape this story. Eddie Vedder’s
Future Days
was on repeat, and Sarah McLachlan’s
Full of Grace
, a long-time favorite, spoke anew to me. The rest of the artists on the play list were just as instrumental, and I can’t imagine this story without their inadvertent contributions. One of the advantages to reading this story on iBooks is that you can see how each song fits into the appropriate chapter, which is ever so cool.
This summer was so much different for my family. For once, I was home. I didn’t travel at all for book events. I treasured each and every moment in my beautiful home with my incredible husband and my kids. My family means everything to me, and having the time to enjoy them was an amazing blessing. I love my readers, and I missed seeing you on the road, but I needed this! I think this book is that much better because of the time I had at home.
Being an author isn’t easy. We’re always second-guessing ourselves, wondering if we could have done more, working long, late hours and turning ourselves inside out for the story. What makes it all worth it is YOU, the readers. Messages, emails, posts, reviews—all of those are what keep me going day after day. Thank you for reading. Thank you for reviewing. Thank you for sharing. My gratitude knows no bounds.
Days of You and Me
Play List
The Water is Wide—
Karla Bonoff
Hey, That’s No Way to Say Good-Bye—
Roberta Flack
Truce—
Twenty-One Pilots
Life is Eternal—
Carly Simon
Full of Grace—
Sarah McLachlin
Hard Love—
NeedToBreathe
Big Girls Don’t Cry—
Fergie
Til Kingdom Come—
Coldplay
Coming Your Way—
Beach Avenue
Unpack Your Heart—
Philip Philips
To Make You Feel My Love—
Billy Joel
God Only Knows—
Natalie Maines
Shameless—
Billy Joel
Come to Me—
The Goo Goo Dolls
I Bet My Life—
Imagine Dragons
Even More Mine—
Rita Wilson
Future Days—
Pearl Jam
Keeping Score
When We Were Us
The King Series
Fearless
Breathless
Restless
Endless
Crystal Cove Books
The Perfect Dish Series
Best Served Cold
Just Desserts
I Choose You
12 Christmas Romances to Melt Your Heart
The Always Love Trilogy
The Seredipity Duet
Undeniable
Unquenchable
Recipe for Death Series
Death Fricassee
Photo by Heather Batchelder
Tawdra Kandle writes romance, in just about all its forms. She loves unlikely pairings, strong women, sexy guys, hot love scenes and just enough conflict to make it interesting. Her books run from YA paranormal romance through NA paranormal and contemporary romance to adult contemporary and paramystery romance. She lives in central Florida with a husband, kids, sweet pup and too many cats. And yeah, she rocks purple hair.
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