Never Expected Love
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"I had a headache for a few days, and my body felt like it had been hit by a truck, no pun intended, but all and all, now that Brad is caught, I'm doing a lot better. Speaking of better, how are things going with you and Nicole. Did you two have a nice time at the beach?"
"It was incredible, Beckett, she is an amazing woman."
"So Harlow told me you two talked while I was in the hospital."
"Yes we did..."
There's a knock at the door and Carson sticks his head in. "I don't mean to interrupt, but I was hoping I could talk to both of you."
Thank You
To my husband:
Thank you for understanding my writing moods, and for being my biggest cheerleader and for believing in me.
To my girls: Thank you for listening to my stories.
To my PA:
Thank you, Myra, for everything you do for me. I know you have a hectic schedule and beings that we are on different continents you always make it work. Thank you for getting my name out there.
To my beta readers:
WOW! I put out the request and received an Awesome team of ladies. I couldn't have asked for a better team. Cathy Guadagnino Dotson, Marcie Wegner, Amy Adrian Kehl, April Sellers, Tammie Lee Harms, Heather Schad, Heather Carver, Briana Hart, Stacie Waldvogel Christensen, Liz Stephenson, Amy Sperry and Diana Cardonita. Thank you all so much for all your opinions and help.
To all bloggers:
My deepest gratitude goes to the many bloggers and to all who have supported me and helped spread the word on Facebook, Twitter, on their websites and blogs. My many thanks go to Suzanne Keller, Tammie Harms, Carol Ann Wade, Liz Stephenson, Sallyann Cole, and Patches Brazillion, Shaunna Armstrong, and I know I am missing a lot and I apologize, because without you I couldn't get my book seen. Thank you for your time and diligence.
To my street team:
Thank you for believing in me and posting me everywhere. Annelle and Myra, what can I say, you both have done so much to help me get the word out about my books. Vicki, almost every day you are out there pimping me. Thank you for being diligent. One day we will get there. Kerry, as with Vicki, you are always there liking my posts. Suzanne, not only are you on my Street Team, you post me on you blog pages as well, I am glad I can call you a friend. Thank you. Sallyann, you are amazing! I don't know what I would do without you. You are always there. Thank you all for helping get my stories out, I appreciate you all so much!
To my readers:
I want to say the deepest Thank you for taking a chance on me. I hope you enjoyed meeting Richard and Nicole.
Lastly, to the one that makes all things possible through him. Thank you, God.
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Richard Stone
1/2 Owner and Founder of Stonework's
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue/Green
Height: 6 feet
Age: 40
Broad shoulders, Thin Waist
Nicole House
Harlow's Aunt, Rachael's sister
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5 feet 8 inch
Age: 40
Computer Programmer
Sophia Powell
Hair: Dark Brown Wavy
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5 feet 7 inches
Age: 21
Rachael Bennett
Harlow's Mother, Nicole's sister
Hair: Light-brown
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5 feet 6 inches
Age: 42
Michael Bennett
Harlow's Dad
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Grey
Height: 6 feet 1 inches
Age: 43
Beckett Dalton
1/2 Owner of Stonework's
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Midnight Blue
Height: 6 feet 3inches
Age: 23
Harlow Bennett
Owner Let's Talk Sweetie's Bakery/Deli
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Crystal Blue
Height: 5 feet 5 inches
Age: 24
Toby Mitchell
Owns a Security Business
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Green
Height: 6 feet 4 inches
Age: 28
Mother: Tonya
Grand parents: Thomas & Denise
Krav Mega
Raven Lirisha Whitehorse
Receptionist Stonework's
Hair: Black
Eyes: Green
Height: 5 feet 1 inch
Age: 22.
Karate Black Belt
Chalize (Charlie) Modell
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue/Green
Height: 5 feet 9 inches
Age: 24
Son: Braydon Jaxon Modell Jr.
Lives with Raven. Boyfriend Braydon was killed (stabbed) in front of
Raven and Charlie outside of the club they worked in.
Carson Zain Smith
Works for Stonework's
Hair: Dirty Blonde
Eyes: Brown
Height: 6 feet
Age: 25
Computer Geek
Trent Michaels
Hair: Dark Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Height: 6 feet
Age: 28
In the Marines with Mitchell
Shannon McCoy
Let's Talk Sweetie's Bakery/Deli
Hair: Auburn
Eye: Green
Height: 5 feet 7 inches
Age: 22
Keeland Davis
Mitchell's Security
Hair: Black
Eye: Blue
Height: 6 feet 2 inches
Age: 25
Krav Mega
Pete LeDoux
Mitchell's Security
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Height: 6 feet
Age: 28
Katie Gage
Hair: Brown hair
Eye: Blue eyes
Height: 5 feet 7 inches
Age: 22
Babysitter for Jaxon, friends with Charlie, going to school to be a
nurse.
SM Stryker married her husband twenty-eight years ago. It was important to her to be able to stay at home to raise their four daughters.
She wasn't an avid reader but picked up a book a few years back, and it made her re-think her ideas about writing, seeing it more as a healing process than anything else. She always knew that her life would make a good story—or a soap opera—but finding or making the time to write was always the issue.
Deciding not to put it off any longer, in 2014 she emailed a few of her favorite authors and they gave her some very good advice. In April 2014, she finally sat down one day in front of her computer and started to write. Through lots of tears, she wrote her first book. That book was Stolen Innocence, and it has a large part of her life in the story.
Now she finds that she has to write, even if it gets re-written. This is her outlet, her sanctuary.
She hopes that you enjoyed her story.
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