Dylan (Bachelors of the Ridge #1) (22 page)

T
he usual suspects
need some thanking for this book:

My husband and two boys, my parents and sister, all who support me endlessly. My friends who are just wonderful all the time, even when I was horribly anti-social during the finishing of this book.

My gang of writer friends, that continues to grow as I navigate the wonderfully insane world of indie publishing- Brenda Rothert (who knows everything about everything, and I know because I’ve asked), Stephanie Reid (the plot master extraordinaire and my beta reader FOREVER and ever because I’m never letting her go), Katrina Kirkpatrick (the person who makes me laugh unfailingly and always gets my characters instantly), Staci Hart (my only online friend who loves talking on the phone and made me talk about my characters problems when I was actively trying to ignore them), and Whitney Barbetti (for everything, always).

Jade Eby with The Write Assistants for my most beautimous formatting.

Caitlin Terpstra for loving Dylan and loving being a beta reader.

Najla Qamber Designs and K Keeton Photography for my absolute favorite cover EVER (major thanks to cover models Tessi Le’anne and Dustin Adams).

Alexis Durbin with The Indie Proof, and Ginelle Blanch for my proofreading.

The staff at Pawsitive Steps Rehabilitation & Therapy for Pets in Rochester Hills, Michigan, for letting me crash for an evening and giving me SO MUCH information about the type of place that Kat would work.

AND, I have a reader group I can thank now! My Sorensen Sorority for indulging my posts about wine and Outlander and the Denver Broncos and just generally being wonderful.

This book (and Dylan moving to Colorado) came about when my husband and I took a trip to Denver for our anniversary and to see our favorite band play (*cough* needtobreathe) at Red Rocks Amphitheatre last summer. It is impossible to be in that place and not be completely awed by every single thing your eye sees.

K
arla Sorensen has been
an avid reader her entire life, preferring stories with a happily-ever-after over just about any other kind. And considering she has to have an entire line item in the budget for books, she figured it would be cheaper just to start writing her own stories. It doesn’t take much to keep her happy… a book, a glass of moscato, and at least thirty minutes of complete silence every day. She still keeps her toes in the world of health care marketing, where she made her living pre-babies. Now she stays home, writing and mommy-ing full time (this translates to almost every day being a ‘pajama day’ at the Sorensen household…don’t judge). She lives in West Michigan with her husband, two exceptionally adorable sons and their German shepherd, who is not nearly as well trained as the one in her first book.

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