Wicked Luck
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Acknowledgements
I would like to thank the amazing team at Clean Teen for making my dream become a reality. You are my superheroes. Thank you Marya, for the best cover ever; Rebecca, for loving Wicked Luck from the start; Cynthia, for your expert editing skills; Courtney, for working your magic; and every one of you for your help, patience, hard work, friendly reminders, and enthusiasm. You guys rock.
A special thanks to my family, who puts up with my writing and never complains, even when you have to eat cereal for dinner, or pizza…again. I love you! Thanks also to the best parents a daughter could have, who have always loved and encouraged me to follow my dreams. Thanks for believing in me.
Thank you to all my wonderful friends who are my biggest fans and support group and who stick with me even when I’m on a writing binge and become a recluse. I appreciate all the times you let me pick your brain, every word of encouragement, and for being excited right along with me. Laurey and Jennifer, thanks for your photography skills that save me from being invisible to the world. Also, an extra big thanks to Dawnee for your willingness to read every single rewrite, for all your fabulous suggestions, for all the laughs and tears along the way.
And last but not least, infinite thanks to every reader who picks up this book to go on a wicked adventure of luck and love. I’m your biggest fan.
About the Author
Shannon Maynard lives in Colorado with her five girls where she is a legal assistant by day and an author by night. In between working and writing she can be found driving kids to soccer, folding mountains of pink laundry, or eating her weight in chocolate. Other addictions include shoe shopping, reading YA, and Australian and British accents (which may be partly to blame for her massive crush on Thor). If she had one wish it would be for more hours in the day to spend enjoying all of the above. Okay, everything except the laundry.
Shannon studied art and criminology before getting a license in cosmetology, but eventually wound up an expert daydreamer; a skill that occasionally leads to getting lost while driving, but has been a huge asset to her love for writing. Her debut novel WICKED LUCK is the first book in the Wicked Luck Trilogy.
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How can Ava Starr's dream come true be Dax Miller's worst nightmare?
Ava's mother always told her to be careful what she wished for. From the moment Ava woke up on Lamarai Island, she wanted nothing more than to find Preston. But now that she has, her heart is caught in a fierce game of tug-of-war. In a place where danger lurks around every tree, she must quickly figure out who she can trust, and who is out to destroy her dream of a happy ever after.
Dax's plan to capture Ava's heart was all falling into place. That is, until Ava's past showed up on the island in the form of a tall, dark, and handsome pilot named Preston, leaving Dax to wonder if he's inherited Ava's wicked luck. Preston is determined to pick up his relationship with Ava where they left off before a plane crash separated them, but Dax will stop at nothing to fight for the girl of his dreams and discover the truth behind the mysterious pilot.
But Dax isn't the only one troubled by the surprise appearance of Preston and his flight crew. The new visitors to the island have caused Dax's stepsister, Roxy, to develop a bad case of sibling rivalry, as well as managed to attract the unwanted attention of a vicious tribe of cannibals. Now Dax must figure out a way to keep his new tribe of misfits safe, while Ava is left to make the most important decision of her life. Will they succeed, or will fate decide for them?
Wicked Fate is the heart-pounding sequel to Wicked Luck, a new adult adventure romance series.