Worthy of Redemption (40 page)

Evelyn Erndt, thank you, thank you, thank you for odd hours of brainstorming, reading every little change – as annoying and frustrating as that must have been – and of course for your fine editing skills (and yes, I still say that ‘question’ deserves an exclamation point). Thank you most of all for your blunt honesty and friendship.

Lorien Vanover, thank you for not bitch slapping me when I yelled at you. Thank you for spending crazy hours reading and editing when you so have a wedding to get ready for! Thanks for the ridiculous text messages that made no sense but cracked me up. Also, I thank you most of all for your friendship.

R.L. Mathewson, thank you so, very much for your attempted sabotage of my diet, turning my scary children against me, luring me to
Hershey Park to make me fatter, and for watching in amusement as I struggled with my enormous, heavy bag at the front desk in Virginia. Most of all, thank you for your guidance, for listening to my rants and raves, for putting up with my long list of stupid questions, for giving birth to my two blonde cuties, for finding everything bacon, for wearing the Goonies shirt and most of all for your valued friendship.

Karleigh Lewis-Brewster, where do I begin? Thank you for your patience and all of the HUGE, HUGE help you have given to me on many occasions. Thank loads for your loyalty and I hope the “meth head” has found redemption in your ‘side eye’! If not…psh…

Now, I must thank a long list of people. Many of you don’t even like to read and/or have not even read my books yet, but you have given me tremendous support that cannot be replaced. My career started with
you
when you chose to believe in me and not knock me down. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Jen (Wifey) Ripa
Tracy Demiani
Debbie Yeager
Sue Reed Pica
Douglas Wade
Steph Kirk
Keiko Harvin
Kathy Kimmerly
my fake oldest, favorite child John Ware
Nancy Warsewicz
Tiffany Marie Elizabeth Bermudez
Teresa Cunningham
Jason Miller
Shaniqua Robinson
Dean Schmidt
Candice Midgley
Jenn P.G.
Carin Batcho
Janell Wilson
And the countless folks at 5476 that hugged me because you loved my book

If I
have forgotten anyone, I’m sorry. Gotcha next book!

And a very special Thank You to the members of the
South Jersey Writers Group
& the talented people within.

L.D. Davis lives on the East Coast of the United States with her children, husband, cat, and one fish. In her spare time she enjoys
reading, time with her family, and great food and drinks with friends. Mrs. Davis has a bit of an addiction to
Downton Abbey
and similar shows and movies and a secret love for the various versions of
Star Trek
. While L.D. lives a relatively uneventful life, there is always a party in her head. Look for more of her work later this year.