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OTHER TITLES BY BRIGHTON WALSH
Reluctant Hearts series
INTERCONNECTED STAND-ALONES
Caged in Winter
Tessa Ever After
Paige in Progress
Our Love Unhinged
Captive series
INTERCONNECTED STAND-ALONES
Captive
Exposed
Stand-alone titles
Dirty Little Secret
Plus One
Season of Second Chances
The Neighbor
HAVE YOU READ LONDON HALE?
Filthy, taboo, smart erotic romance is what you get when Brighton Walsh and Ellis Leigh/Kristin Harte team up. Ready to set your e-reader on fire?
MAY-DECEMBER ROMANCES
Daddy’s Best Friend
The DILF
Nanny With Benefits
OPPOSITES ATTRACT ROMANCES
Sinner (formerly Sinful Temptation)
Cuffed (formerly Sinful Attraction)
Talk Dirty to Me (formerly Sinful Distraction)
FRIENDS TO LOVERS ROMANCE
Reunion
ONE NIGHT STAND TO MORE ROMANCE
Tapping That Asset
TEACHER/STUDENT ROMANCE
Seducing His Student
STEPBROTHER’S BABY ROMANCE
Knocking Her Up
BILLIONAIRE BOSS ROMANCE
Bedding the Billionaire
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This book was more than a year in the making, and it was one of the hardest years of my life (and subsequently books of my career). Recently, The Fresh Prince made me aware of a pretty amazing quote by Rumi: “Set your life on fire, and seek those who fan your flames.” Or, in Philly terms, “Don’t be hanging with no jank-ass jokers that don’t help you shine.” No jank-ass jokers in my tribe, and I owe them my eternal gratitude.
To Christina, your suggestion to set this in your little pocket of Mississippi was the best idea you’ve ever had (and you’ve had a lot), because it meant fiiiiiiiiiinally meeting in person, which was long overdue. I don’t know what I’d do without you, and that’s no exaggeration. I’m certain I would spend my days staring blankly at a white screen, because when I hit a snag or a block, you’re the first one I go to. And you always, always talk me through, usually while making me laugh. There’s no one I’d rather twin with than you.
To Jeanette Grey, my CP, conference wife, SSLP, and 2050 Paris Partner, nine years we’ve been doing this, and I’m so glad we’re going through this wild, ridiculous madness that is publishing together. And that we finally got our shit together and coordinated our schedules enough to mesh so I could put my eyes on your pretty words again and vice versa. No matter how many books you’ve helped me through, you still manage to teach me something with every single one. You make me and my books better because of your input and guidance, and I love you for it.
To my bitches, who not only fan my flames, but make it like a damn inferno in our group. Ann, Elizabeth, Ellis, Esher, Jen, Helen, Laura, Melly, and Suz, not a day goes by that you don’t make me laugh. What started as a one-time retreat with the hope we’d at least get along well enough to share a house for a few days blossomed into lifelong friendships. We’ve supported each other through triumphs and tragedies, and I’m so very thankful we somehow managed to find each other through some miracle of the universe. You’re the craziest, most beautiful, unique, and wonderful bunch of women I’ve ever known, and my days would be a hell of a lot more boring without you in them. Also, FYI: I call the Hannibal Lecter mask next year.
To Ellis (yes, again), for being by my side over the past year as we traversed this weird, anxiety-inducing new world and decided fuck it, let’s write tropey smut. I had the most fun writing London books with you, and I honestly don’t know where I’d be or if this book even would’ve been completed if I hadn’t gone through that process. Thanks for writing blowies with me in Corner Bakery.
To Mandy Hubbard, for your unwavering support in my career, no matter what path it takes.
To Lisa Hollett, Editor Extraordinaire, thank you for your eagle eyes and suggestions to help make this book shine.
To Nina Grinstead, thank you for your help, input, and guidance, not just on this book, but on my career as a whole.
To the Brigaders, thank you for sticking with me as I took 2017 to be London Hale and set my books on the back burner. Thank you for hanging out in the group, for clamoring for my next release, and for being the best dirty-minded cheerleaders I know.
Last but never least, to my guys. You each push me in your own ways to be and do better, and your support in my career is unfaltering. For that and so many other countless things, I love you. (More.) (The most.) (The supercalifragilisticexpialimostest.)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brighton Walsh spent nearly a decade as a professional photographer before deciding to take her storytelling in a different direction and reconnect with her first love: writing. When she’s not pounding away at the keyboard, she’s probably either reading or shopping—maybe even both at once. She lives in the Midwest with her husband and two children, and, yes, she considers forty degrees to be hoodie weather. Her home is the setting for frequent dance parties, Lego battles, and more laughter than she thought possible.
www.brightonwalsh.com
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