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Authors: Joan Rylen

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Giant sombreros in the Mexican market

“Here’s to a vacation of no regrets!”

Noon on a Wednesday – yeah, baby!

Acknowledgments

We want to thank Angela Wenk and Lea Rogers for their friendship and inspiring book fodder. Cheers to the original Getaway Girlz, clink!

Thank you to our other Getaway Girlz…y’all know who you are! We wouldn’t have shi-tah-tay, choot ’em, backseat bars or many, many other hilarious things without you. “It is our pleasure” to thank you for traveling with us so we can be inspired by the crazy adventures. We heart you all.

Special thanks to Janet Neff not only for her friendship, but also for her enthusiasm and never-ending support. Now go write YOUR book!

Thanks to Josh Weathers for the use of his sweet serenades. We know you’ll go far!

We want to thank Dana Isaacson with Random House for his insight and commentary, John Dycus for making us better writers, the DFW Writer’s Workshop for listening to us read every week and offering constructive feedback, Susan Breen with the Algonkian NYC Pitch and Shop conference for guiding us and always answering our questions, Cherry Weiner for her advice, and the Writer’s Unboxed Facebook community – what a great bunch of writers.

We would also like to thank the following people who helped make this happen with their skills and services:

Lea Rogers, cover design – Angela Wenk, logo design and photo editing – Reid Hobdy, promoter extraordinaire – Bill Preston, photography – Studios by the Ferry, videography – Marni Getchell, web design – Naresh Rambaran, initial web design and hosting – Erin Cox, photo editing – Lauren Mahoney, the Playa del Carmen “dead guy” model, Steve Frechette, another “dead guy” model – Paula LaRocque, for the initial read and commentary – Jackie Meeks for final book edits – Kelli Fitch, beta reader – John Howard, FW Promotions – Luis Estrada, video ideas – Frankie’s Sports Bar and Grill wait staff for the keeping us well served in drinks and munchies. Y’all rock!

We’ve been working on this for a while and so many people have cheered us along our way. We know we’re forgetting people. We’ll get you in
Rocky Mountain Mayhem
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Thank y’all!

Johnell would like to thank…

Thanks to my kiddos for being wonderful, smart, funny, creative and respectful (usually!). And for understanding when mom has to go on her “girl” trips! Or sing and dance in the car. Or embarrass you in the school cafeteria. I hate to tell you, but it never ends. Love ya! Thanks to my parental units. I’ll only write about you when necessary. Promise. Thanks to my “real job” for letting me be loud and supporting me through the chaos. I know we already said thank you to our friends, but I can’t express enough gratitude for all of you who helped me in my time of “transition.” It was ugly, but y’all helped make my world pretty again.

Robbyn would like to thank…

Thank you, David, for five wonderful years and your love and support with this project. Thanks Mom for your unconditional love and friendship. Thanks Dad for being the best Dad a girl could have. I don’t know how you and Donna endured 8 years in a row of high school football games, but thanks (from Steven too) to the both of you for being there to watch us march. Thanks Steven for being a great brother and for your nautical knowledge. Sorry I shot you in the butt with a BB gun, but at least you’ll always have something to remember me by! I’d like to thank my bosses Con Browne and Jason Pitarra with Supreme Lending for their understanding with my writing passion. You guys are the best.

Check out the Getaway Girlz’ other adventures:

Rocky Mountain
MAYHEM

Big Easy
ESCAPADE

Available 2014

Upstate
UPROAR

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