Do Not Disturb (29 page)
Authors: Christie Ridgway
With thanks to author and San Franciscan Candice Hern for her help with details about “the City.” More gratitude to Michael Pundeff for providing answers to my attorney questions.
Elizabeth Bevarly and Barbara Freethy are wonderful people to bounce story ideas off ofâ¦thank you! Barbara Samuel and Teresa Hill continue to provide the kind of support every writer needs.
As always, my husband and two boys deserve much credit for providing me the opportunity and the understanding to pursue my dream.
Christie Ridgway
www.christieridgway.com
CHRISTIE RIDGWAY has never lived east of the Pacific Ocean, north of San Francisco, or south of San Diego. To put it simply, she's a California native who loves to travel but is happy to make the Golden State her home.
She began her writing career in fifth grade when she penned a volume of love stories featuring herself and a teen idol who will probably be thrilled to remain nameless. Later, though, after marrying her college sweetheart, Christie again took up writing romances, this time with imaginary heroes and heroines.
In a house full of malesâone terrific husband, two school-age sons, a yellow dog, and tankfuls of fish, reptiles and amphibiansâChristie makes her own place (and peace) writing the kinds of stories she loves best. Christie enjoys hearing from readers. You may write to her at PO Box 3803, La Mesa, CA 91944, or visit her website at
www.christieridgway.com.
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This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
DO NOT DISTURB
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ePub edition February 2007 ISBN 9780061743399
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