The Hurricane
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To the amazing Lily M who was never too busy to beta for me at the drop of a hat. I hope that you will stay with me for many more books to come. Thank you to my other beta readers, Sue R, Ariel and Sarah. Thanks also to Natascha, without whom this book wouldn’t have a single credible location and Joey, who inspired my prologue. Your thoughts, insights and often, words of encouragement, have helped me more than you know.
I was so daunted when I first considered publishing and there are many people in the literary world that I have to thank for keeping me on track. Firstly, to author L.A. Casey who was never too busy on her own journey to help me on mine. I am, and always will be, a fan for life. To author James Oliver French. Your technical know-how continues to astound me and I’m so grateful to have travelled along this road with you. Thanks to author Julia Derek who gave me my first lesson in the basics of shaping a manuscript so that my editor wouldn’t throw it at me. Finally, to Whitney from A Literary Perusal, who painstakingly gave of her own time to help me make this into a better story. I have learned so much from all of you and I can’t thank you enough.
To all of my friends in Cardiff and Bristol for all of your support, no matter how long it’s been since I saw you last, and for so many happy memories that inspired so much of my writing.
A HUGE thank you to all my friends in Pentwyn including Cerianne, Ruth, Christine, Jodie, Sian, Cynthia, Kerry, Kevin and Amanda. I can’t tell you how much all of your support has meant to me.
Thank you to Ashleigh and Andrew for listening for months about every endless detail of my adventure without complaint. And for not stapling anything to me in all that time.
A MASSIVE thank you to each and every blogger who has helped me to get The Hurricane out there. So many of you give your own time and money to help and promote authors. You are, without doubt, the unsung heroes of the literary world. I can’t thank you individually, for fear that I will forget someone, but know that I am truly grateful for every one of you that has helped me along the way.
Last, but not least. My biggest thanks go to you the reader, for taking a chance on this book by an unknown author. Just to know that you have read it, is a dream come true.
If you enjoyed The Hurricane, then please keep an eye out for more of Em and O’Connell’s story in their sequel, The Aftermath.
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