Professed
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She’s wrecked my theories. She’s blown me apart. She’s made me whole.
“Fuck yes,” I say. “I’m ready.”
The End.
Acknowledgments
First, thank you to my husband. My man. I have no idea what I did before you. You are an incredible, kind, brilliant human being. You have made me happier than I thought I could be. And also thank you for the term preworry. Nobody understands me like you do.
To my mom and dad, who don’t know about this book but who’d get a kick out of it if they did. Thank you both for everything, absolutely everything, from perfectionism all the way down to a keen eye for the absurd. You taught me all I know about laughter and love.
To my beta readers: Roxane Crawford, you were my first reader. You provided exactly the right thoughts, encouragement, and nudges about kink at exactly the right time. To Delaney Foster, for being my girl and my cheerleader at every step.
To Samantha Stroh Bailey… I hope you know that without you, I would’ve thrown in the towel long ago. I am so unbelievably lucky to have you as a friend and band member. Go Rams.
To the team of professionals who helped me get this work in front of readers, I couldn’t have done this without you. Jena Campbell at Indie Girl Promotions, you are infinitely patient and helpful in so many ways. I am so lucky to have found you. Jade Eby at the Write Assistants, I knew we were a match made in heaven from the very first conversation. Spirit animals forever. Najla Qamber, thank you for your artist’s eye and for knowing what I needed before I did. To Eagle Featherstonehaugh at Aquila Editing, thank you for your meticulous eye, support, and patience with my crutch words. Besides, it’s alright though. And to Alexis Durbin for her final edits.
To Professor Eugene Thacker at The New School, who provided the inspiration for Professor Benjamin Beck. In The Dust of This Planet deserves its place on Jay-Z’s jacket and everywhere else. You may have written it for nobody, but I enjoyed the hell out of it.
To Helena Hunting for her interest in my work. To Alexa Riley for her encouragement along the way. And a special thank you to Alex Lucian who is such an inspiration to me and who was so very generous in supporting this manuscript.
Lastly, thank you to my readers. As I sit here and write this, I don’t know any of you yet but I can’t wait to meet you. Thank you so much for reading my work. I hope you enjoyed spending time with Ben and Naomi as much as I did.
Coming soon:
Confessed, starring Lucy. September 2016.
And many more in the works...
About the Author
Nicola Rendell writes dirty, funny, erotic romance. She likes a stiff drink and a well-frosted cake. She is at an unnamed Ivy and prefers to remain mostly anonymous for professional reasons. She has a PhD in English and an MFA in Creative Writing from schools that shall not be named here. She lives with her husband and her dogs. She is proud to be a left-handed Myers-Briggs INFJ... which makes her some kind of unicorn or something. She is from Taos, New Mexico.
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