L'amore: The Luminara Series (83 page)

I promise things will get easier, and a promise is a promise.

I love you all. Xxx

Joanne Carlin Sinadinovic – Design Divaz.

Again, thank you to Joanne from Design Divaz, for providing an impressive professional design package for me. I am absolutely thrilled with the amazing graphics, personalised designs, logos, and images you have created for my cover art, website, Facebook page, and of course marketing and all the swag for my branding.

You never fail to impress me and know exactly what I’m envisaging, even when I go off on a tangent, and your results are always amazing.

Thank you for the new re-branding and the covers for
Lussuria
and
L’amore
. We got there in the end and the results are amazing. I absolutely love the iconic symbolism, vibrancy, sharpness, and prettiness of your design. I have even had readers ask for the image of the blue orchid as they would like it as a tattoo x.

Vera.

You know I don’t need to elaborate. I said it all in
Lussuria
. Thank you always for being a great support and always being there and being the best ‘go to’ anyone could ask for. Thank you for loving, protecting, and encouraging me. Thank you for knowing me so well. You have an uncanny sense of knowing when and how to rein me in, motivate me, know what’s best for me, and ultimately steer me in the right direction. Always.

You never complain when I’m Skyping, messaging, and emailing you at all hours looking for advice and for that I am always entirely grateful x.

Evelyn.
My Assistant Eve
.

Eve, my little book gem. Thank you for being my organiser, my diary, my consultant, my assistant, and advisor. Thank you for helping with my admin, giveaways, and for looking after my social media when I’m out of action or not around. You are a little gem and I’m very grateful to have your help. Thank you Eve, a million times over x.

Maxann – The Polished Pen.

Max, I don’t know where to start. It’s been an absolute pleasure working with you again. Your professionalism, efficiency, productiveness, and excellent guidance have been outstanding once again. You aren’t just teaching me valuable lessons and skills throughout this editorial process, but you’ve set me up with the best footing possible for the rest of the series. You’ve shaped
Lussuria
and
L’amore
into an overall flawless, consistent, and sharper read. I love that I’m learning so much from you throughout this process.

Without your expertise and insight, these books wouldn’t be what they are. I’m extremely grateful for everything you’ve helped with and that you noticed something in this series and wanted to make it the best it can be. Thank you for offering me solutions, alternatives, and accommodating date changes, answering my questions, and teaching me valuable skills. I can’t thank you enough and I look forward to working with you on the rest of this series.

Also thank you for polishing
L’amore
off and making it so much better x.

James Ramsey.

James, thank you once again for helping me shape this novel into what it is. It wouldn’t be
L’amore
without all your honest critique, advice, and help, and I have you to thank for that. You have a skilful knack for planting the seed to let my ideas grow into so much more, and to expand and develop on your own ideas.

I think now you are getting me and my made up words that drive you crazy, and I am getting you and your bazillion comments. Which of course, makes me want to scream, cry, and hibernate in my tartan pj’s with a large glass of merlot until I pull myself together. Eventually when I get over the shock and get focused, it’s these comments that make me smile and keep me sane. When I come to the sections that make you want to throw your laptop, I know we are getting somewhere, and these are the sections of the novels that do particularly need more depth and reasoning.

It goes without saying, that often I want to mentally kick your ass sometimes, actually a lot of the time, because you give me so much work. With that said, everything you suggest is for the best, and I know you want to help me do these novels justice so it’s with all your good intentions.

We finally got there, after the blood, sweat and tears and I’m so thankful to have you on-board keeping me on my toes. Thank you James for everything, I look forward to more torture while working on the developmental edits of
Luminoso
, I say rolling my eyes and dreading it already x.

K Bromberg.

Kristy, I have you to thank for setting me up with Max and James and it has been a breath of fresh air having them both work on this series. It’s truly made these books by having such professional help and direction, so thank you for being insightful, kind, and understanding x.

My wonderful Readers.

I wrote this acknowledgment in
Lussuria
, but I want to share it with you again because you are so important and keep me going. You remain supportive and you have been exceptionally patient during all my dates changes and delays while I went back to re-write. And after finally publishing
L’amore
, you are still as loyal as ever and continue to follow and read my work. Thank you everyone.

It goes without saying that this book is for you and would not be anyway near as successful as it has been without the continual support, appraisal, interest, and passion for
The Luminara Series
I have received from you all. I can’t tell you how happy I am that you are falling in love with Lexi and Lucca as much as I am on their romantic anecdote of Lust, Love, and Light.

I’m absolutely astounded and overwhelmed, albeit delighted, with the positive response you have shown me and my debut Adult Romance Suspense series. I started writing with the mind-set that it was something that I always wanted to do, and I was doing this for my family. With that said, I never anticipated I’d be launching them publicly. It would have been be way too selfish for me not to publish. I decided to bring this series to light by sharing it with you all and I am ecstatic I did and hope you are too.

Obviously I was nervous sharing this, and to be honest I still am. It’s a very nerve-racking experience, and I never know how my writing will be received and reviewed. I try to stay positive and have faith in my characters and my unravelling storyline. I prayed that you all fall in love with it as much as I have to give me a solid foundation to work on.

When you were receptive and showing positive enthusiasm with good feedback, I began to relax and enjoy the writing experience even more and found I couldn’t stop even if I tried. I then knew I was making the right choice sharing it with all my readers.

The love and support you show makes this experience completely fulfilling and worthwhile. It’s because of the readers’ enthusiasm and support that I’m able to write with complete passion and conviction to give you the best emotional and romantic story I can.

From the bottom of my heart, it’s a privilege to be able to share this with you and I hope you all continue your support by following Lexi and Lucca through their intense, impassioned, and complicated relationship which will unravel throughout the coming series.

Readers, you’re the reason I’ve made so many compromises in my life to do this because like you, I’m also an avid, self-confessed book junkie and lover of romantic fiction novels. I have been blessed to read so many wonderful creations from magnificent, talented authors out there and I wanted to give something back—to you—and hope it’s every piece as wonderful. For you readers, I am eternally grateful x.

Dolcezza’s – My Street Team.

Ladies, thank you to the moon and back for all your ongoing pimping, support, advice, comments, and sharing. I’m very lucky to have backup and support from such a lovely, wonderful group of women who share my passion for all things lust, love, and light. For you all, I’m very grateful x.

My Darlin’s.

Girls, thank you once again for being my shoulder to cry on, my biggest cheerleaders, and for listening to several months of my book chat. Thank you for putting me to bed when I’m tipsy, for the DBB’S, for making me laugh, showering me in your infectious positivity and affection, cuddling me and distracting me in the best possible way. You are a wonderful group of friends and I want you know I love you all dearly x.

For my beta readers.

Thank you to my Beta readers who took the time to read
L’amore
in the early stages before I worked on the developmental edit and who gave me honest feedback.

Athina.

Thank you so much for proofreading
L’amore
and being so helpful and professional. You’re such a lovely person as well as efficient and I have truly enjoyed working with you. Thank you Athina x.

Lucinda – Design.lkcampbell.com

Thank you Lucinda, for your exceptional e-book formatting, correspondence, and understanding. You have accommodated my crazy schedule again and are always happy to oblige. You’ve provided such a great professional service and worked in a timely manner to meet my deadlines. It’s been a pleasure working with you, and you have the patience of a saint. For you I am grateful, Lucinda x.

Kassi.

Thank you for another exceptional professional service and for formatting my MS for POD so quickly and accommodating my changes. It’s been a pleasure working with you also, and I love your work. Kassi, for you I am grateful x.

Debra – The Book Enthusiast.

Thank you, Debra, for organising and arranging my cover reveals, release day events, blog tours and providing such a great service and reaching out to so many bloggers. You have been beyond patient and accommodating especially with the date changes. That you for putting up with me, Debra. I am very grateful x.

Book Bloggers.

A massive gift of the day – every day is to the entire book blogger social network community who have liked, shared, pimped, and supported, followed, participated, and reviewed. I’m stunned and totally blown away by the interest you have all shown. There are far too many of you to name but you know who you all are x.

Bio

SJ Molloy, first time British Author of The Luminara Series, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. As a young child, her family moved and raised her in Lanarkshire, Scotland where she currently resides with her husband, two daughters, and her energetic, hyperactive loving gun dog who is utterly spoiled.

SJ is a qualified Fitness Instructor and Health & Fitness Motivator of various fitness styles and disciplines. Music and dance aerobics have always been a pleasure and passion for her. SJ will sporadically make up dance style routines at any hour of the day when a move comes to her or piece of music moves or inspires her. Currently not teaching classes, she is focusing her time into nurturing her yearning passion for creative writing, exchanging one visualisation for another.

As a child, SJ loved to write in journals and make up short stories and has a flare for all things creative. With an overactive imagination at times, SJ adores to make notes and visualise scenes and settings to create characterisations.

While on holiday with her family one summer reading book after book, she had a flash of inspiration and has had various ideas whirling around in her mind ever since. It was not until she pulled back on teaching classes that she found the courage, time, and insight into actually bringing these ideas to life.

In February 2013 she decided to bring that imagination to light by beginning her writing journey with
Lussuria
the first instalment in The Luminara Series.

Being a self-confessed book junkie, she loves nothing better than to get lost in an emotional and moving book. A true romantic at heart, her guilty pleasure is reading heart-warming, passionate stories and falling in love with her favourite fictional characters.

With seven books already mapped out in The Luminara Series, SJ’s busy, creative mind has already planned two more fictitious novels, both stand-alone romance books and very different in their own right.

When she is not writing or reading, spending time with family and friends, or exercising and walking her dog, SJ loves all things practical and creative. Dancing, music, cooking, travelling, good food and wine, and painting are her favourite past times along with laughter, lots and lots of laughter.