Leap of Faith (La Flor #1) (35 page)

To Anne
: Thank you for taking time out of your incredibly busy schedule for me. Thank you for accepting to give my story a try when I Facebook messaged asking for your help, for giving me a lesson on blog etiquette, and for answering every question I’ve thrown your way. We’ve never met in person, but you’re one of people whose support and encouragement has made this journey possible. Thank you for rallying the troops and helping me.

To Cassy
: Thank you for taking a chance and saying yes to creating my book cover when I messaged you out of the blue with only Brandace’s name as a reference. Thank you for telling me to ask all the questions I wanted and for answering them. My book cover is beautiful and I
love
it!

To the awesome beta readers:
Christabella, Krystyn, and Kiarra—thank you for answering the beta reader request on Goodreads. Lisa, Carrie, Joanna—thank you for offering your help when I needed more beta readers. And Heidi—oh dear sweet Heidi—you’ve listened to every freak out session, read every version of this story, and no matter how many times I called and messaged, you were there. Thank y’all for taking time out of your busy schedules and for slaughtering me nicely with your feedback.
Y’all are freaking awesome and amazing and I am very grateful.

To my editor:
Champagne Book Editing, thank you for making my story so much more readable. When I sent you the file it was filled with typos and you’ve made them go away.

To my formatter:
Tami, you squeezed me into your schedule to fit my deadline.  You went back and forth with me with all my questions and changes, and even when I sent you a
long
list of specifics, you didn’t complain.  Instead, you went above and beyond making the inside of my book beautiful.  Thank you so much.

To Debra:
Thank you for the amazing cover reveal and exposure.  When I told you I was new to all this, you sent me detailed instructions for everything.  Thank you.

To Kimie, Kimmy, and Sharee:
Thank you for pimping me out and within hours of Facebook messaging me, shocking me speechless. 

To Christina, Cybill, Dympna, and Amy:
Thank you for reaching out to me, posting my teasers (my crappy first attempts…LOL), pimping me out, participating in the cover reveal, and overall for being freaking awesome to me.  Thank you!

To anyone who will read my book
: Thank you. Hate it, like it, love it . . . thank you for taking a chance on me. I’m forever grateful. <3

 

 

 

ML is currently stationed overseas with her very supportive and loving husband and two beautiful little monsters. When she’s not writing down her “ideas,” she can be found trying to catch up on piles of laundry and house work or with her Kindle in hand hiding in her bathroom. Her obsessions are Luke Bryan, coffee, dark chocolate, the color purple, and romance novels—the happily ever after kind, of course.

After years of comments from her husband to write and a chance meeting by the city pool that involved a “Fan Girl” moment, ML decided to take a leap of faith into the amazing and exciting world of writing.

To all the wonderful people who will read her work—hate it, like it, love it—thank you. Thank you for taking a chance on her. <3

 

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Table of Contents

Dedication

Prologue

Part One—The Memories

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Part Two—Twice in a Lifetime

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Part Three—Truths Revealed

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

About the Author

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