Pieces of Jade

by Lani Woodland

  Lani would like to say a huge thank you to:

  Melonie Piper, my co-author, for helping create this fun and exciting world, working through creative differences over sushi, and being my partner in crime for most of my life.

  My handsome husband for helping me every step of the way, believing in me, and simply being himself.

  My two wonderful kids for giving me hugs and kisses every day.

  Chersti Nieveen for being the world’s greatest editor, superwoman, and cover designer.

  Erica Cameron for never being more than a Skype session away, helping me deepen the story, and reading every draft of this book.

  Amber Argyle for being a reader and spending hours on the phone with me, helping me perfect the plot.

  Maddy for loving the story, encouraging me to keep writing and always believing in me.

  Morgan Shamy for her feedback and enthusiasm for our characters.

  Angela Corbett for being an awesome person and beta-reader.

  Danielle Ellison for suggesting we change the catalyst for the story and letting me bounce ideas off her head on how to make it possible.

  Cherie Mendoza for loving a character enough to talk us out of killing them off.

  Melanie Jacobson, Wendy Swore, Nancy Campbell Allen, Nicole Castromen, Nicole Giles, Kara Free, Ashley Lavering, Kristie Cook, Ashleigh, Vinaya, Andy Hertzenberg, Heather McCubbin, Amber Gest-Troyer, Braden Bell, and all of our other beta readers for their feedback, time, and shared talents and genius to make Pieces of Jade the story it now is.

  Danielle for styling our model’s hair exactly how we imagined it.

  Lauralynn for creating the beautiful dress our model is wearing on the cover and for helping us discover our beautiful cover model Macie.

  And lastly, a thank you to each and every one of our readers, who give Pieces of Jade a chance. I hope you love it even a smidgen as much as we do.

  Melonie would like to thank:

  My beautiful daughter Adelyn. Everything I do is for you Boo!

  My co-author Lani Woodland.

  Evan Joseph for being such a big part of this project.

  Lauralynn for sewing the perfect dress for our cover.

  Danielle for doing the hair for the cover shoot.

  My Construction Documents class for providing ample time to work on the first draft.

  Every one of our beta readers

  All our readers for picking up Pieces of Jade.

  Author Bio - Lani

  Lani Woodland has been an avid reader since elementary school, when she first discovered the Babysitters Club and Sweet Valley Twins series. In sixth grade, she began writing plays and recruiting (with force when necessary) her friends to act them out. Most of these early works were inspired by She-Ra, the epitome of girl power to her young self.

  She graduated from BYU with a BS in Family Science. Lani has a hard time enjoying any book without at least a little romance in it. She lives in Southern California with her husband, their two children and a large collection of board games. She has worked as a spot-welder, babysitter, janitor, photographer, gymnastics coach, and movie extra. She enjoys bonfires at the beach, hole-in-the-wall restaurants, speed talking, chocolate as a cure-all, and the word "precisely."

  Lani is the author of THE YARA SILVA TRILOGY, including: Intrinsical, Indelible, and Inevitable. She and Melonie also co-wrote two short stories in Transcendent: Tales of the Paranormal.

  She loves hearing from readers. You can contact her here:

  https://twitter.com/LaniWoodland

  https://www.facebook.com/authorlaniwoodland

  http://laniwoodland.blogspot.com/

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  Author Bio - Melonie

  Melonie Piper enjoys nerd humor and is a fan of many ‘geeky’ franchises. She can boast having camped out to the watch The Phantom Menace and stalking tvtickets.com to see a taping of the Big Bang Theory. Melonie also collects comic book t-shirts. She loves the beach and wishes she could spend more time in her happy place, AKA Disneyland. She enjoys gourmet chocolate, sushi, and Mexican food. Melonie loves to laugh and thinks naps are a wonderful invention. She has a B.S. in Interior Design and lives in Utah with her daughter.

  Melonie is the co-author of two short stories in Transcendent: Tales of the Paranormal.

  You can contact Melonie here:

  http://meloniesmusings.blogspot.com/

  https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4788689.Melonie_Piper

  https://twitter.com/MeloniePiper

  https://www.facebook.com/melonie.piper