STILL (Grip Book 2)

by Kennedy Ryan

  Also By Kennedy Ryan

  THE SOUL SERIES (Rhyson + Kai)

  My Soul to Keep (Soul 1)

  Down to My Soul (Soul 2)

  Refrain (Soul 3)

  Soul Series Audiobook

  THE BENNETT SERIES

  When You Are Mine (Bennett 1)

  Loving You Always (Bennett 2)

  Be Mine Forever (Bennett 3)

  Until I’m Yours (Bennett 4)

  GRIP SERIES

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  Audio Book: bit.ly/GRIPAudiobook

  GRIP Series Info:

  bit.ly/STILLInfo

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  STILL Playlist:

  bit.ly/STILLPlaylist

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  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  I first must thank all of the readers, bloggers, authors – everyone who supported GRIP and FLOW. Those books explored difficult issues our society continues to wrestle with. We are sometimes so divided, and when we should be standing together, we find ourselves torn apart. I wanted to raise my one voice using my little love story,

  and so many of you responded.

  Thank you for loving Grip & Bristol

  enough to want more.

  Thank you to my beta readers – Michelle, Margie, Mary Ruth, Teri Lyn, Shelley, Chele and Sheena. You ladies are so valuable, and if this book is in any way great, a huge portion of the credit goes to you. Joanna, thank you for the 1am messages, the fine-tooth comb through this manuscript over and over. For being exacting, and when I need it, eviscerating. I lean heavily on your brutal honesty and constructive spirit. Don’t ever be afraid

  to tell me the truth.

  To J.A. Derouen, thank you for all the consultation, and making sure I didn’t screw things up too badly. Most of all, thank you for the compassion you demonstrated, which I hope saturates these pages. The feather belongs to you.

  To Imani of Enamored Reads, girl you awed me with your unwavering support, monthly re-reads and generous giveaways. I’m humbled and grateful beyond words for how you have advocated for these stories. You were so in tune with Grip & Bristol that you knew what they needed even when I wasn’t sure. You know the scene I’m talking about! ;-)

  To my peeps in my Kennedy Ryan Books group and on my ARC Review Team, my team admins and just everyone who is in my corner every day, thank you!

  Thank you to my family, specifically my brother-in-law Reggie who gave me just the right idea at just the right time, and shaped crucial aspects of this story.

  I have too many author friends to thank, but everyone has an inner “squad” who puts up with them in times of self-doubt, bad cover photos and deadline madness. Mine includes Dylan Allen, Corinne Michaels, Mandi Beck, Adriana Locke, Stephanie Rose and too many more to name. But these chicks get the brunt of it, and you’re invaluable to me.

  Thank you to Jenn and Social Butterfly for being hustlers. It’s hard out here, and working with such a diligent, dedicated, grinding team made it a little easier. Your enthusiasm and commitment to excellence does not go unnoticed or unappreciated.

  Finally…lastly…always thank you to my boys, my son and my husband, for sharing me with the worlds and characters I create…for months at a time. A story like STILL is best written from first-hand knowledge. My grasp of a great love tested, of surviving and managing to stay in love during difficult times, is not theoretical. It is actual and has been with the love of my life for the last 20 years.

  To you, my darling and my greatest inspiration, I say

  Always

  Evermore

  Even after

  Still

  About the Author

  Kennedy Ryan is a Southern girl gone Southern California. A Top 100 Amazon Bestseller, Kennedy writes romance about remarkable women who thrive even in tough times, the love they find, and the men who cherish them.

  She is a wife to her lifetime lover and mother to an extraordinary son. She has always leveraged her journalism background to write for charity and non-profit organizations, but enjoys writing to raise Autism awareness most. A contributor for Modern Mom Magazine, Kennedy’s writings have appeared in Chicken Soup for the Soul, USA Today and many others. The founder and executive director of a foundation serving Georgia families living with Autism, Kennedy has appeared on Headline News, Montel Williams, NPR and other media outlets as a voice for families living with autism.