How I Became Lotus Raine...the Porn Star (31 page)

For all the other readers who’ve read my books and continue to do so—you guys rock so hard! You’re loyalty is amazing and your eagerness for more keeps me going. You guys make all the sleepless night, unfed family, messy house, grouchy author, at times unhappy husband and life as a writer all together, worth it! Thank you for everyone! I hope you love this book as much as the rest. If not, there will always be more!

My betas—Emily, Debi, Evette, Michelle, and Carrie—your feedback has made this story what it is. Without each one of you, Lotus would be crap…or pretty close. You ladies and your feedback and honesty mean more to me than you’ll ever know. Thanks for always being up to listen to my crazy ideas that are always popping in my head. But more than anything, thanks for getting excited about them just as much as I do.

Ena—Thanks for always being a rockin’ blog tour host. I’m so glad to call you my friend.

Thank you to my editors Ana Coy and KMS Editing!! I appreciate both you ladies.

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Check out the Prologue for A.E. Woodward’s

Releasing September 22
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I’VE NEVER REALLY seen the moon in all of its unadulterated glory. Never been any place dark enough for me to truly appreciate its beauty. The lights of Las Vegas dull its brilliance, just as the glitz and glamor distract the people that visit.

Booze.

Wild women.

Gambling.

Violence.

You name it, we have it.

Growing up in Sin City is anything short of exciting. Every day brings some sort of drama and madness to my life. In the same sense, Las Vegas is stifling, but not in the traditional sense that one might consider. The prison it has become has nothing to do with the oppressive heat and everything to do with the showcase that it promises. The facade. The riches that never come. The hopes and dreams that end where the strip begins.

And even though the lights shine bright, the city slowly kills me, dulling not only me, but the people around me. Someday I hope to be able to see the stars and the moon with a clarity I’ve never had.

But for now, it’s only the artificial light that I see.

BEING BORN AN "Army Brat", Erika Ashby has been residing in Oklahoma the last 10 years finally putting an end to the nomad tendencies she had grown accustomed to. She's a happily married woman who has 5 kids between her and her husband. She has an insane passion for music and embraces her Inner Groupie any chance she has. It wasn't until the age of 29 that she realized she also had a hidden passion for reading; before then she claimed to have hated it. Six months after unlocking that deep desire she never knew she held, she turned the key to another chapter of her life which has become the desire to write. And the rest is still history in the making.

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