First Crush (Dark Falkon #1) (34 page)

“Oh my god, Sienna, haven’t you worked it out by now?”

“Worked what out?” she asked, slightly angry.

Jake took a step forward and walked over to her.

“Haven’t you realized by now?”

“Realized what Jake? What are you talking about?”

“I’m in love with you Sienna.

Before she even had the opportunity to say anything, Jake took another step closer. Leaning forward, he closed his eyes and kissed Sienna on the lips.

PLAYLIST

I Don’t Want to Miss A Thing

Aerosmith

Hold Me Now

Johnny Logan

I Want to Know What Love Is

Foreigner

Every Rose Has It’s Thorn

Poison

Here I Go Again

Whitesnake

Love Me Like You Do

Ellie Goulding

My Heart Will Go On

Celine Dion

Hello

Adele

Livin’ On a Prayer

Bon Jovi

I Wanna Be With You

Mandy Moore

I Will Always Love You

Whitney Houston

The Power of Love

Celine Dion

Waiting for a girl Like You

Foreigner

We’ve got Tonight

Ronan Keating feat. Lulu

You’re Still the One

Shania Twain

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Wow! Already? Okay, where to start? 

My family, for supporting me no matter what. For putting up with me frantically bashing on the keyboard while you're trying to watch something on the television. And for my constant outbursts whenever me, the manuscript and laptop are at war with each other (and yes, there have been many times when I've surrendered). Thank you for your love and ongoing support x.

Louisa Gray, Lucian Bane and Mason Sabre, the wonderful team behind Sabre, Gray & Bane Cover Studios. Thank you so very much for the phenomenal cover work. Not to mention for putting up with my constant texts, emails and messages through all hours to make it the absolute BEST cover. I love, love, love it. Did I mention I love it? Thank you very much x.

Wander Aguiar Photography, thank you for the awesome photography work and to David Wills for being an absolutely gorgeous cover model and a pleasure to work with, I look forward to a long working relationship, Thank you x.

To the team at Give Me Books, thank you so much from the bottom of my heart and soul. Thank you for sharing my work and for introducing fans to the world of Sienna and Jake. Your hard work and efforts are highly appreciated, and its people like you who help us authors break out into the world. I thank you, dearly x.

My work family (yes, I have one of those, I still need other means to make a living). Thank you for allowing me to constantly bounce ideas off you all and for your amazing suggestions. Sheridan, Wow! Thank you so much for your amazing Dark Falkon design, I absolutely love it!

Jodi Perry and Jaye Cox, I can't even begin to show my appreciation for you two. Thank you! Just thank you for basically kicking my ass and being my oxygen and blood whenever I've given up. You've made me breath, be happy and just want to write, write and write. I can't thank you both enough and I am honored that I have met you in person, Jodi. Jaye, I hope we physically cross paths, soon. I can't wait to meet you and just hug the living daylights out of both of you. Thank you x.

Jayne, thank you for all your thoughts, feedback, support and alterations. Everything you have done has been amazing, thank you x.

Thank you to you, the reader.  If you're reading this you've obviously read and enjoyed my story so thank you for sticking it out through to the end. Either that, or you've just skipped the entire book and jumped to this section just to see what a wonderful team of people I had on board to help with this project. 

Seriously, thank you to all the fans out there. As authors, we do this for you guys, because you are the most important people who keep us in a job. Your thoughts, feedback, your shares and comments, it's all worth it. Putting it all down on paper, that's what makes it art, so to all of you, thank you x.

Aias, Vicky and George, thank you very much for being on this incredible and long journey with me. You guys have been my rock and my #1's right through till the very end. Thank you x.

Finally, and I save the most important to last, Ria Alexander. There are many words to describe this woman and I do mean, many. She has been (and hopefully, will continue to be) the face behind the scenes of this book. Thank you so much for EVERYTHING! Yep, I mean it, this book would not be what it is without you. Your edits, proofreads, pimps, shares, likes and even tears, it's all finally lead to this. I know we have only known each other a short time, but you are more to me than just those that I have mentioned. I am honored to also call you a dear and loyal friend. I treasure your loyalty, respect and commitment to everything you have done for me and this project. Through the good times, the bad times and certainly the ugly times. The texts, phone calls and emails, you've been there 200% of the way and I can never thank you enough for all of that. Thank you ever so much for taking this incredible journey with me, and I hope we can continue working together for many more books (and years) to come. Thank you and I love you x.