by CE Ricci
To Jess, for sticking through this with me from the beginning when I started writing again over a year ago. For giving me a place to go write when I needed silence and letting me bounce ideas off you, and for not judging my overactive imagination when it comes up with dozens of new ideas before making it through the first one. And for being my damn soulmate, no matter what our husbands have to say about it. I love you long time, my little ENFP.
To my other alphas/betas, Pernilla, Rita, Haley, and Mickey. Thank you for sitting there and listening to me call this book trash probably a million times, helping me work through plot issues, dealing with my ADD tendencies, hyping me up, and making me stick this journey out. Y’all are the real MVPs.
To my super mega early ARC readers, Taylor, Sam, and Yaneli, for letting me send you the most ridiculously cryptic message asking you to blindly look for something in this book with absolutely no other direction and just going with it. Your feedback was helpful times a million, so thank you!
To Elle, for bringing me into the bookstagram community, being a hella supportive friend to go to for help with literally any question I could have, and encouraging me to write when I was questioning myself. Thankful everyday that Vaughn brought us together, babe.
To Liza James and KV Rose for answering my numerous questions, holding my hand through this process, and mostly for letting me know I wasn’t alone in every single thing I was thinking and feeling while trying to publish this book. Your friendship and guidance is invaluable to me and I’m thankful for both of you everyday. The love I have for the two of you is endless.
To Taylor Farrell, my best friend from the age of six, for this stunning cover. You nailed this, Tay. It’s everything I could have asked for and more. Having you on this journey with me is possibly the best part of it all. There’s no one else I’d rather share this with because you’ve been there since forever. I love you.
To AJ Wolf for the amazing formatting. You took my ideas and brought them to life and I couldn’t be happier with the end result! You’re amazing at what you do and I can’t wait to see what our brains can think up in the future.
To Amy Briggs for being a bomb editor and helping me perfect River and Rain into something that I can be proud of and in turn, making me a better writer. THANK YOU.
To anyone I’ve forgotten to thank so far. Just know that it wasn’t intentional, but there are so many on this list I was bound to miss something or someone. Thank you for loving and supporting my forgetful ass.
Lastly, to all of you. The readers. For taking a chance on me and reading my debut novel. For hyping me up on IG and Facebook and anywhere else. For messaging me your kind words and sending me the gorgeous edits. All of it gives me life and makes the struggle to get here all the more worthwhile.
Thank you, everyone. From the bottom of my heart.
Hey there! I'm CE Ricci.
Few things to know about who I am:
INTJ, Enneagram 5, Ravenclaw, Targaryen, Night Court.
And if that doesn't tell you enough or if that's complete gibberish to you, here's a bit more!
I have a husband who happens to be my high school sweetheart and together we have two fur babes, who I love most in the entire world. Yes, even more than my husband (sorry, babe). They're the cutest dogs ever, not that I'm biased.
Hiking, photography, jamming to I Prevail, and travelling are just a few of the things I enjoy when I'm not reading or writing. My favorite place on the planet is Florence, Italy. I could spend the rest of my life in that city and never be bored.
I'm currently based out of Colorado and I adore living here. The mountains give me a reason to smile every single day, if the things listed above aren't reason enough.
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