The Scars of Us (37 page)

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First off, I would like to thank my family for their support in this next step of my journey. They’ve never discouraged me from following this amazing dream of mine, and their support means so much to me.

Thank you to my beta readers, Vanessa, Natasha, Ena, Nicki, and Stephanie for their invaluable feedback. They helped make
The Scars of Us
what it is, and I'm so grateful for their input.

To my editor, Ana Zaun, for pushing me and helping me take my writing to the next level.

To Kari at Cover to Cover Designs, thank you for putting up with my OCD demands when it came to my cover—it came out gorgeous and I love it.

To my muse, Andrew England. Thank you for being the perfect inspiration for Ryker, and for being so easy to work with. I look forward to working with you on my upcoming projects in the future.

To Simon Barnes for the amazing photo used for the cover. I loved working with you and Andrew, and can't wait to see what we come up with for my other books.

I want to give a huge thanks to my self-defense instructor, Master Philip Lobo at Wolfpack Fighting and Fitness Academy. I really wanted the self-defense maneuvers that I used in the book to be actual, effective techniques, and he answered all my questions and demonstrated each and every one for me. His teachings were priceless, and I'm so thankful to have learned so much from him. 

And most importantly, to the readers. Thank you for reading
The Scars of Us
. Time is precious, and I'm beyond grateful that you spent some of your time to read my work. I hope that you fell in love with Kaiya and Ryker, just like I did when I wrote their story.