Naughty in Nottinghamshire 02 - The Rogue Returns (34 page)

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Acknowledgements

To begin, I must thank the many adventurers who shared pictures and descriptions of the Peak District and the Pennine Way both in print and online. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the accounts of your travels. It was your first person descriptions that brought this book to life. I hope one day to walk in your footsteps and follow the path of Helen and Roane’s journey. Until then, give the hills and meadows and vales a big kiss from me.

Thank you to Google maps, for keeping me sane as I plotted and re-plotted the course of this adventure. Any mistakes are mine alone.

Roane is a hero close to my heart, and I really wanted to understand the depth of his history. Thank you, Justin, for your time and honesty in relaying your experience.

Thank you to Sarah, for tending to the wild ones and taming the chaos so I could write.

As always, my gratitude to Fred, who supports me in every way possible and only once threatened to throw my computer in the river as I wrote this book.

I feel so much appreciation for the romance community—the readers, writers, bloggers, editors, graphic designers, librarians—together we are changing the industry! I am continually in awe of how smart and productive you all are. As for my fellow authors, one would assume that such a large group of writers ‘competing’ for the same readers would have deep threads of antagonism. On the contrary, I am humbled by the generosity, support, and education that permeate our interactions. Thank you to the self-publishing yahoo loops, my friends on Facebook who answer such burning queries as “Can I use the word ‘handsy’?” the Dashing Duchesses and RWA. You all bring brightness to my world.

Finally, Lori Brighton for your encouragement. Brenna Aubrey for your invaluable feedback. And Carey Baldwin, Courtney Milan and Tessa Dare for shining a light in the dark places and making me laugh while you do it.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

About the Author

Leigh LaValle recently released her Golden Heart® nominated novel,
The Runaway Countess,
to high acclaim. When she is not writing, mommying, or reading, she is rarely seen cleaning, and more often found hiking or, when she is really lucky, in the white powder of the ski slopes. Leigh is also a devoted yoga practitioner and instructor. She currently lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family, and is hard at work on her next novel.

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