A Graceful Mess (36 page)
Harder To Breathe –
Maroon 5
Wasting All These Tears
– Cassadee Pope
Let Me Love You
– Mario
Bed
– J.Holiday
Because Of You
– Ne-Yo
A Little Bit Stronger
– Sara Evans
I Wonder
– Kellie Pickler
When You’re Young
– 3 Doors Down
Differences
– Ginuwine
Good Girl Gone Bad
– Rihanna
Low
– Kelly Clarkson
Behind These Hazel Eyes
– Kelly Clarkson
Makin’ Good Love
– Avant
Tell Me It’s Real
– K-Ci & JoJo
Glass
– Thompson Square
Crazy B*tch
– Buckcherry
Sure Be Cool If You Did
– Blake Shelton
Your Body Is A Wonderland
– John Mayer
Broken
– Seether
Hey Girl
– Billy Currington
Over My Head
– The Fray
Everything Has Changed
– Taylor Swift
First and foremost I want to thank God for blessing me on this amazing voyage we call life. He has made all things possible and paved the way for my dream of publishing this book become a reality.
Secondly, I want to thank my BFL girls. Without your support, brainstorming sessions, and amazing ninja beta reading skills, A Graceful Mess would be a load of garbage. “Thank you” just doesn’t seem like enough. So I bought you all…new cars! Okay, that was a little extreme and I wish I could afford to do that, but I can’t. I can only hope that each and every one of you wonderful women know how much I truly appreciate the time you have each put into this novel. I know you all cherish AGM like it is your own and, in a way, it is. Thank you: Danielle Hoover, Emily Lamphear, Elle Wilson, Debi Barnes, Lea Marika, and last but certainly not least, Katie Mac.
Thank you to my loving husband for putting up with the absence of me, again, as I worked on my second novel. Words cannot explain how much I appreciate you playing wife in our house and feeding me so I didn’t starve while writing. Every fictional male I write about has many of your attributes. You are my inspiration, and I love your sexy ass for it!
Thank you to everyone who has been there and supported me throughout my writing journey. From my wonderful co-workers who lined up to buy my first novel and filled my heart with their caring words, to the many supporters I have met in the indie community and the amazing friendships that have stemmed from our conversations. I don’t know where to start to even prepare to give thanks to the amazing women who donate their time to blog, but a special thanks to all the bloggers who participated in my cover reveal and blog tour. Your dedication to AGM’s success makes me want to fist pump! With that said, I want to give a very, BIG, thank you to the ladies at Literati Book Reviews. LBR- You have my best interest at heart, and for that I adore you all. I have truly been blessed to be surrounded with such amazingly talented authors, bloggers, and readers. That is the best part about my job, so thank you for being there and even more for putting up with me!
Thank you to my personal cheerleader and best friend, Erika Ashby, for always believing in me and my stories, no matter what, and for being the definition of a loyal friend. A special thanks to J.L Brooks for not only believing in me as an author, but as a person, friend and child of God. And in no particular order, thank you to these other pretty ladies that jumped on the Nacole Stayton bandwagon and have held on tight: Dorissa Hobbs, Michelle Eck, Jenn Besterman, E.K. Blair, Jennifer Wolfel, Melanie Dawn, Anna Coy, Kimi Flores and the rest of my Indie Chixx girls.
To my family and friends who have put up with me during this journey and once again supported my dream to write. I feel like the luckiest woman in the world to have each of you in my life. Mom, Dad, my sisters, Elizabeth, Chelsea and Taylor, my wonderful in-laws, grandparents, and everyone else in my crazy family who has my back, thank you. Again, I feel like I need to warn my family and ask that you not judge the sexy contents of my book!
A huge shout out to the marvelous Toski Covey of Toski Covey Photography and Sommer Stein of Perfect Pear Creative. These ladies were given very little detail, and managed to create a cover I am absolutely smitten with. Thank you both for being angels during this process and for giving me a cover I adore. Also, thanks to my cover models and real life couple, Allison Rae and Brett Brock. You both worked the photo shoot like champs and gave me a perfect mix of classy and sexy. Because of your photogenic raw emotions, Toski was able to capture such exceptional photos. I will forever be indebted to you for allowing my dream cover to become a reality.
Thank you to the entire team at Adept Edits for being a light at the end of a dark tunnel. It truly takes a lot of trust in someone to hand over your manuscript and expect them to help polish it in ways you never thought were possible. Lisa, that is what you did. I couldn’t be happier with the end result of AGM and it was because of you and your magic touches. Not only did you simply edit my novel, but you made me laugh and feel at ease during the process. I will forever be indebted to you because of this.
Last but certainly not least, a big thank you to my readers who were exceptionally excited for A Graceful Mess to release. Thank you for not only reading my first novel, The Upside of Letting Go, but for having my back and supporting me during the release of this second novel. I write because I love it. I stay up until the dawn creeps its way through my windows, with an aching back and belly full of coffee because my characters beg for their stories to be told. The perk is delivering a meaningful novel to you. With that said, I sincerely appreciate you, and hope one day to meet you and thank you in person for your support.
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Christian “Nacole” Stayton is twenty-something years young and currently resides in the Bluegrass state. She spends her days working at a local hospital in the billing department and nights working vigorously on her current novel. She has a passion for helping others and wears her University of Kentucky gear proudly. While her husband loves all things outdoors, Nacole enjoys the finer things in life, like getting pedicures while reading on her Kindle Fire. She is passionate about her faith, family, and The Bachelor. Her hair color changes with the seasons and she has a weakness for tattoos, iced coffee, and happy endings.
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Coming soon!
Hensley Bradley lived an ordinary life. Her parents weren’t rich by any means, but they always made sure there was enough food on the table and clothes on her back. Because she didn’t care about material things, she found herself placed in the outcast group. Hensley’s popularity rank didn’t faze her and things didn’t seem to change when she graduated high school and applied at the local community college. She found her fulfillment on a street corner with her guitar. Music was her only passion until he came along.
Colby Grant was a transfer student from Galveston, Texas. With All-American good looks and Southern charm, it didn’t take long for every girl on campus to focus their eyes on him. Even with his straight smile and perfect cheekbones, he didn’t seem like he fit into the perfect world that accepted him. After a fallout back home, he was eager to prove his father wrong and more determined than ever to prove he could be more than just a wanna-be country singer.
A chance encounter causes Colby to cross paths with Hensley, but it wasn’t her natural beauty that first attracted him. It was her voice. When love and music mix, will the combination blossom into a beautiful melody or wither into a heart-wrenching tune?
“The words he couldn’t say, he said in the lyrics.” –Hensley
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