Nashville by Heart: A Novel (20 page)

Dear Reader,

I’ve always wanted to write about Nashville. Everything about it fascinates me, from the city life to
the Southern food, but I love the music the most. My
interest in the music industry started as a kid when I watched my
sister sing all over Oklahoma and Arkansas. She was amazing. I could never hold a tune very well
so I contented myself with listening to her sing
while I wrote stories. We used to dream of her moving to
Nashville and me becoming a journalist. With a few plot
twists, we both achieved our dreams. She had a decade-long career behind the
scenes in Nashville, and I became a published novelist.

Cheri and I have always
encouraged each other to follow our dreams. Now, all these years
later, I’m writing a book about Nashville.

I hope you enjoy reading
Nashville
by Heart
as much as I enjoyed writing it. And if you did, I would
love if you left a review on
Amazon
.
Thanks for reading!

All the best,

Tina Ann Forkner

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Thank
you, dear readers, for loving the romantic aspects of my women’s fiction enough
that I was inspired to write you a romance novel. Thanks to my coffee writers
group in Cheyenne for encouraging me to submit this manuscript one more time,
and to Velvet Morning Press for accepting it. Many thanks to Amy Sue Nathan for
bringing out the best in my story, and to Joanne Kennedy for thinking the book
was good enough to provide a lovely endorsement.

Much
love to my daughter, Hannah, who is an incredible person and also shares my
love of books. Thank you to my mother-in-law Nancy for raising the hero I would
one day marry. And special thanks to my mom, Barbara, who when asked what she’d
think if her daughter wrote a romance novel responded with, “Why not? Romance
makes the world go round.” After fifty years with my dad, my mom would know.

Most
of all, thank you, Cheri Kaufman, for giving me a behind-the-scenes look inside
Nashville during your marvelous decade working in the music industry. You
always knew it would end up in a book, right?

Award-winning
author Tina Ann Forkner wrangles words on the pages of her Women’s Fiction and
Romance novels and kids in the classroom as a substitute teacher. Her novel
Waking
Up Joy
is a
Virginia Romance Writers 2015 HOLT Medallion Award of Merit Recipient –
Romantic Elements.

Tina
grew up in Northeastern Oklahoma and currently lives in Wyoming with her
husband, who knows when to wear a cowboy hat, and three teenagers who never do
(even if she thinks they should). Learn more at
TinaAnnForkner.com
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