Deeper (The Deeper Chronicles #1) (43 page)

I extend my heartfelt gratitude to my parents, who are the inspiration behind my pen name. To my family members who offered their support, thank you.

This project would not be of the caliber it is without the tireless efforts of My Passion’s Pen and its founder, Daphne Watson. Daph, thank you from the bottom of my heart for pushing me beyond writing the clichés I used to love and helping me target the sensory details this novel needed. I am learning so many things from you.

I have had the pleasure of meeting some wonderful and supportive women on social media whose text messages, phone calls, and private messages help to cheer me up, inspire me, or crack me up. Stefanie Allen, Connie Chavis, Hezie-Ann Chrysostom, Ella Emerson, Autumn Grey, Jessica Hood, Stefanie Kral, Emily Krat, Olivia Linden, Harper Miller, and L.C. Morgan, thanks for being a shoulder to lean on when I wanted to quit.

I am appreciative of the beta readers who have seen this novel in its many stages and offered their constructive critique.

To all the authors, bloggers, and new friends I have made during this journey to my debut novel, thank you for your encouraging words and kind deeds. Whether you have shared in my excitement, re-posted a teaser, helped me with a blog tour, hammed it up with me at a Facebook event, etc., please know that all our interactions have been a special treat for me.

I would be remiss if I did not thank Fran Walsh who was the first person I shared this story’s premise with and she assured me it could be “epic”.

And, finally, thank each of you for taking a chance on this novel.

allyn lesley writes real stories about real people.

As a teen, allyn lost herself in the pages of some of romance’s heavyweights, trusting that a happily-ever-after was just around the corner. In allyn’s own writing journey, as in life, she’s learned that people don’t always experience recovery and restoration after a fall. Her stories speak of the gritty side of life, where the right choice isn’t always easily identified and happiness not quickly gained.

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Book One of
The Deeper Chronicles

eISBN 978-0-9862577-1-1

This novel is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Any reproduction or other unauthorized use of the material or artwork within is prohibited.

This is a work of fiction. Any names, characters, places, and incidents are the results of the author’s imagination or are used factiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locations is entirely coincidental.

Disclaimer

At my discretion, I have used some creative liberties to enrich the storytelling process.

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My Passion’s Pen

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