Front & Center (Book 2 of the Back-Up Series)
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I want to thank my immediate family. My mother was my first reviewer. My sister, the best damn agent anyone can ask for. My brother, sister-in-laws, brother-in-laws, you all routed me on tirelessly. I love you and thank you for your support.
Mike Martone…we’ve never met, but I adore you regardless. You were able to take my song lyrics for Reason I Am, add the perfect melody and turn it into a beautiful ballad. With the help of Tyler Cohen, Randy Newberry, and Dennis Arcano, I am now the owner of a beautiful love song. Thank you, from the bottom of my romantic heart.
My friends. The Get-together Club, Camille, Renee, Michael, Jane, Diana, Rebecca, and Rhetta. You all know who you are. Instead of rolling your eyes and sighing when you found out this loon wrote a book, you raved about loving it, you hugged me for my efforts, you supported me to a fault. Thank you. I love you all.
I have met the best people in this industry, and most of them are Bloggers. An indie-author is as good as her exposure. Bloggers are the key to helping an indie-author get their works noticed, read, reviewed, and talked about. They do this for no other reason than for the love of reading. They use their own resources, spend hours of their own personal time, to promote us to the many potential readers that may one-click based on their recommendation. I appreciate each and every one I’ve met during this process. I adore you guys.
To my Facebook friends and confidants, Trisha H., Kathy C., Karrie M., Yamara M., Kathleen Y., Jessica B., Christine D., Kimberly T., Miranda, Geri, Tiffany Marie, Melissa, Alexis B., Ashley M, Rachel H., Desiree G., Jodi M., Stephanie M., Stephanie F., Darcy, Karen, Marjorie, Megan, Marina, Savannah, Kellie K., Joanne S, Janett G, and Jamie C., thank you so much for your help, your advice, your support, your pimps, your teasers, and your unconditional love of Jack & Leila.
To Pedro Soltz, my handsome muse for Jack Lair. You allowed me to use your gorgeous face on my teasers, you allowed my fans to connect to Jack personally, and you have no idea how much I appreciate that. Thank you so much for trusting me. To Kim M., our Pedro connection brought us together, our newfound friendship was a bonus.
To Trish H. ~ girl, I am so glad I found you. Your positive attitude, your loyalty, and your ability to figure out a way to make it happen, are all so appreciated. I love you.
To my Beta Readers ~ thank you…thank you…thank you!!! I couldn’t have found a better team to work with.
To my nephews, J & A for helping this old lady to learn the ins and outs of social media.
To my Street Team. Your tireless pimping has put me on the radar of many potential readers. I found great friends among you and I adore my “Mad Chicks” to death. Thank you so for all the kick-ass, sexy as fuck teasers, and thank you so much for always having my back.
To my personal IT guy, Mr. Magic ~ Go Yankees…kidding. Thank you so much for all your help. You’ve helped this technically challenged, clueless author with everything from Facebook issues, (they do hate me), to website issues, to super-loops, (whatever that is.)
To my cover artist, Sarah, @ Sprinkles on Top Studios, thank you for really awesome covers, and a kick-ass logo. To Alicia, @ AVC Proofreading, you’ve been a Godsend and have become a friend. I’m so glad I found you. To Andrew K, for my band logo, I love you cuz.
To my cheerleaders ~ Linda, Lina, Josephine, Antoinette, Barb, Laura, Elise, Maryanne, Kim, Jeanette, Tammy, Rose, Rita, Joyce, Jessica, your help on Facebook has been tremendous. Sharing, Voting, Pimping…no matter what the circumstance calls for, you are there. Thank you.
To my author pals and life-long Sinner-sisters ~ Christine Davison, Ann Vaughn, L.L. Collins, J.M.Witt, Ren Alexander, Tricia Daniels, A.D. Justice, & Skye Turner~ I adore each and every one of you. I love our late night bantering, I love our camaraderie, and I love that we support each other tirelessly. We have a mutual understanding, and I hope some day we can have a Sinners girl weekend getaway. I need to hug each of your gorgeous asses. Thank you for becoming such great friends.
To all the fellow authors I’ve met during this process, you all rock. Thank you for answering my questions, no matter how stupid they were. To Ann Vaughn for lending me Mike Casiano and Colt Harris at Orion Securities©. Ann Vaughn is the author of Long Way Home, Finding Home and A Home for Christmas. You can find Ann’s ebooks at Amazon.com.
To Skye Turner for lending me Bayou Stix©. Skye is the author of Alluring Turmoil, Alluring Seduction, and her new Novella, Alluring Ties. You can find Skye’s ebooks at Amazon.com, paperbacks are available at skyeturnerauthor.storenvy.com
Ann and Skye, I am so excited your characters have met Devil’s Lair and look forward to their budding friendships.
To Cassy Callahan Witthar – winner of my “Quote” contest for Front & Center. Her quote was added to Chapter 5 in a very steamy scene between Jack and Leila. “Hang on...it's going to be a bumpy ride.”
Finally, to my readers. You guys have been unbelievable. Your emails, messages, and reviews have carried me and lifted me and reminded me that my goal as a writer is for someone to pick up my books, and hopefully find an escape for a few days. Hopefully, they’ll fall in love with my characters, and their journey. Hopefully, they’ll walk away wanting more, and counting the days until the next book comes out. You have made me feel I achieved my goal and more. Thank you.
Interested in becoming a Mad Chick? Contact me at am.madden@aol.com. I’d love to have you.