To Sandra, for always being there. I hope you’re happy now.
To Ali for all your help.
To Kristina Hansen for your Danish expertise, thank you! Tak!
To the ladies (Heather, Tiffany, Megan, Sandy, Ella, Vernalee, Cassandra, Jana, Rox, Dawn) who came to my first ever reader retreat on my island AND put up with me trying to write while you were here - you’re all awesome and you’re welcome back anytime. Thank you for the wine and the gifts and your support.
Amanda Fuckin’ Cantu! Those Momoa dreams are all yours, baby.
To Kelly for being the Mitchell to my Marilyn.
To Kathleen for being my partner-in-wine.
HANG - I love you! This cover is THE BEST YET! Thank you for always going above and beyond the call of duty.
To my parents for being extra excited about all this Scandinavian stuff (did you know my Norwegian father, Sven, is an ex-rally driver turned sailor and that he has a photo in his office of him posing beside a wrecked Datsun that says “Why I took up sailing”?)
To my bookstagrammers and street team and ARC reviewers, you all make this book world go round, thank you for being so lovely!
To my beta readers for all your invaluable feedback!
To my Anti-Heroes for being fucking fantastic.
To my agent, Taylor, for believing in me…BIG DREAMS INC!
To my editor Kara, and my proofreader Roxane, thank you for always doing more. <3
And finally to Scott and Bruce, because, always.
About the Author
Karina Halle is a former travel writer and music journalist and The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author of The Pact, Bad at Love, The Swedish Prince, Sins & Needles, and over 46 other wild and romantic reads. She lives on an island off the coast of British Columbia with her husband and her rescue pitbull, where she drinks a lot of wine, hikes a lot of trails and devours a lot of books.
Halle is represented by Root Literary and is both self-published and published by Simon & Schuster and Hachette in North America and in the UK.
Hit her up on Instagram at @authorHalle, on Twitter at @MetalBlonde and on Facebook (join her reader group “Karina Halle’s Anti-Heroes” for extra fun and connect with her!). You can also visit www.authorkarinahalle.com and sign up for the newsletter for news, excerpts, previews, private book signing sales and more.
Also by Karina Halle
Contemporary Romances
Love, in English
Love, in Spanish
Where Sea Meets Sky (from Atria Books)
Racing the Sun (from Atria Books)
The Pact
The Offer
The Play
Winter Wishes
The Lie
The Debt
Smut
Heat Wave
Before I Ever Met You
After All
Rocked Up
Wild Card (North Ridge #1)
Maverick (North Ridge #2)
Hot Shot (North Ridge #3)
Bad at Love
The Swedish Prince
The Wild Heir
A Nordic King
Romantic Suspense Novels by Karina Halle
Sins and Needles (The Artists Trilogy #1)
On Every Street (An Artists Trilogy Novella #0.5)
Shooting Scars (The Artists Trilogy #2)
Bold Tricks (The Artists Trilogy #3)
Dirty Angels (Dirty Angels #1)
Dirty Deeds (Dirty Angels #2)
Dirty Promises (Dirty Angels #3)
Black Hearts (Sins Duet #1)
Dirty Souls (Sins Duet #2)
Horror Romance
Darkhouse (EIT #1)
Red Fox (EIT #2)
The Benson (EIT #2.5)
Dead Sky Morning (EIT #3)
Lying Season (EIT #4)
On Demon Wings (EIT #5)
Old Blood (EIT #5.5)
The Dex-Files (EIT #5.7)
Into the Hollow (EIT #6)
And With Madness Comes the Light (EIT #6.5)
Come Alive (EIT #7)
Ashes to Ashes (EIT #8)
Dust to Dust (EIT #9)
The Devil’s Duology
Donners of the Dead
Veiled
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