Intercepted by Love: Part One: A Football Romance (Playing the Field Book 1) (11 page)

Acknowledgments

I
ntercepted
by Love
was designed from the start to be a serial in three parts. I had a lot of fun preparing the cliffhanger and structuring the story this way. Of course, my beta readers and fellow writers in my Romance In A Month writer’s group helped me with early feedback and comments to hone this story for the hopefully surprising cliffhangers.

Many thanks to: Lillian Maddocks Cummings, Terri Merkel, Racquel Reck, Amber McCallister, Shecki Bernard, Jeanie Jackson, Elisabete C.F. Martins, Jessica Cassidy, Keli Morgan, Rebecca Austin, Reggaewoman, Tope Awefoso, Corissa Palfrey, Sharon Coady, and Debbie Rosa for their awesome feedback as well as guidance while I was writing Cade and Andie’s stories. Their comments and remarks helped me know whether I was hitting the right note or not.

Thanks also my high school football team who instilled in me a great love and respect for athletes. We were the Banning Pilots, All City Champions, and I’m proud to have been one of the team managers and friends with the wonderful guys on our team.

I will especially miss my friends, Joe Montijo (#10), Leroy Irvin (#23), and Ronnie Settles (#37), who have passed on way too early. This story is dedicated to them, although all characters and events inside are purely fictional. Thanks guys for being the heroes we looked up to, and being humble and down to earth. Go Pilots!

Also by Rachelle Ayala
About the Author

R
achelle Ayala is
a bestselling Asian American author of dramatic romantic suspense and humorous, sexy contemporary romances. Her heroines are feisty and her heroes hot. She writes emotionally challenging stories but believes in the power of love and hope.

Rachelle is the founder of an online writing group, Romance in a Month, an active member of the California Writer's Club, Fremont Chapter, and a volunteer for the World Literary Cafe. She has won awards in multicultural and historical romance.

Check out her website at
http://rachelleayala.me
and find her books at online retailers: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Apple iBookstore, and more.

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