Emerald (Jewel Trilogy, Book 2) (54 page)
I've been oh-so-lucky to see my books hit bestseller lists all over the world, including the
New York Times
list and the
USA Today
list, and win awards including the Golden Quill and
Booklist
's Top 10 Romance of the Year, making this second career a real dream come true. I live in Southern California with my husband, our three young adult children, and one constantly shedding cat, and I still think my mother is the greatest!
I love to hear from readers. You can e-mail me at
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My heartfelt thanks:
To my husband, Jack, for loving me in spite of this madness called writing.
To my children—Brent, Blake, and Devonie—for putting up with a mom who lives half her Waking Hours in a different world.
To my critique partner, Terri Castoro, for wisdom and patience and always being there to laugh with instead of crying.
To Joan Royal and Karen Nesbitt, for driving me all over England and stopping at every village and hamlet and pile of rocks without too many audible groans
To Irm Jawor, for the book of Scottish granny sayings that inspired Cait's annoying—um, endearing—habit.
To Amy McBay Stiles, for incredible two-way brainstorming.
To Ken and Dawn Royal, for feedback on first-draft synopses.
To Della Floyd, RN, for expert medical information.
To the UK contingent of the Opposite View e-mail list, for answering all my very off-topic questions.
To my foreign fan club "presidents"—Karen Nesbitt in Canada and Jane Armstrong in England—for seemingly telling every single person in their respective countries about my books.
To my free-but-worth-it-at-ten-times-the-price publicity team: Debbie Alexander, Dick Alexander, Robin Ashcroft, Joyce Basch, Elaine Ecuyer, Dale Gordon, Darren Holmquist, Rhonda Johnson, Taire Martyn, Cindy Meyer, Lynne Miller, Amanda Murphy, Romain Nayal, Karen Nesbitt, DeeDee Perkins, Nancy Phillips, Jack Poole, Herb Royal, Joan Royal, Ken Royal, Wendi Royal, Sandy Shniderson, Diena Simmons, Connie Story, Julie Walker, and Stacy Volpe (whew! do I have a lot of wonderful friends and relatives, or what?).
And, last but certainly not least, to every reader who has ever written me a letter or e-mail.
Thanks to one and all—your friendship and support make it all worthwhile.
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