Sapphire Universe (35 page)
She smiles at me and I know I’m on the right track. As I’m staring into my girl’s eyes holding a bag with the bracelet I bought for her minutes ago and wishing I could hold her in my arms where she belongs, I utter the biggest lie of my life. But I do it for her. “Friends?” I offer, even though it’s not even close to what she means to me. She looks at my hand and when her finger tips come in contact with mine, I smile. She may repeat my declaration with no deception in her voice, but her touch doesn’t lie.
The End.
WORDS FROM THE AUTHOR
First of all, I want to say thank you
to everyone who gave this book a chance. I hope you loved it. I have read hundreds of romance novels in the last few years and have fallen absolutely in love with this genre. Pun intended. After some reflecting, I realized just how involved I would become when reading. How I would look at the characters and their lives and how their stories would literally make me laugh out loud or cry. I’d find myself making up stories in my head and creating characters based on some of the people I’ve met and the things I’ve experienced or been inspired by. Who doesn’t have dreams of creating something incredible, something other people will love and enjoy? Reaching for those dreams is the difficult part and being an average woman from Wyoming doesn’t make it any easier. I’ve never done anything the easy way, so it didn’t take long to decide that I had to write my own book and bring some of these characters to life, just to prove to myself that I could.
Sapphire Universe was written on a whim and it was the most amazing spontaneous decision I have ever made.
I literally just sat down and started writing. I kept it a dirty little secret for a few weeks, but after getting several chapters into their story, I couldn’t keep Nina and Connor to myself any longer. I can’t tell you how wonderful it was to have all my friends and family back me up 100 percent. If I learned anything in this process, it’s that the support of your loved ones is vital. Putting something you put your heart and soul into out there for the public to judge is a scary thing. My advice to anyone wanting to jump on this train? Go for it. Put a little faith in yourself and the people in your life and just do it. You never gain big without risking big. Sound familiar? Well it’s not just a line from my book, it’s the unvarnished truth.
I wanted to write a book about dealing with pain and how sometimes, you can let your life and your pain consume you.
I wanted to share my belief that if you find something in life that you care about more than yourself, your life will inevitably be enriched and prosper. Sometimes we focus so hard on our own lives and our own struggles to the point of missing out on everything that is happening around us. In this book you had a chance to experience this journey with Nina. I plan on writing two more books in what I have dubbed “The Universe Series.” One will be based on Lola and Drake’s relationship and the other will be Toni and Nick’s story. I will post the release dates for the sequels on my Facebook and Twitter pages below. Again, thank you, thank you, thank you for all of your support and for helping me make my dreams a reality. Every one of you that purchased this book is included in my support system and for that I will forever be thankful.
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