Betrayed by a Kiss (23 page)

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgements to my editor, Vanessa Mitchell, for her invaluable contribution to this series.

About the Author

Kris Rafferty
was born in Massachusetts, the youngest of four in a rambunctious Irish-American family. Obsessed with books early on, she even remembers her first library adventure of bringing a book home. She wrote her first story when she was six and never stopped. She received her BA at U/Mass Boston, married the love of her life, and has three perfect children. She earned her 3rd degree black belt, plays piano, loves road trips, and is a fanatic for warm water ocean. If she’s not writing, she’s reading. Ms. Rafferty lives happily ever after in North Carolina, writing.

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