Girl Lost (26 page)

chocolate and coffee almost as much as she loves books, but not quite as much as she loves her kids. She lives in south Georgia with her husband, daughters, and overgrown dog.

She loves to talk to readers on Facebook and Twitter.

Nazarea Andrews is agented, and all inquiries about rights should be directed to Michelle Johsnon of Inklings Literary.

As always there are a host of people to thank.

Readers—ah, you guys are my buddies. Seriously. Thank you so much for taking a chance on this book and me. I hope you loved Peter and Gwen as much as I do!!!

The ladies of Indie Ignites who read the synopsis and said OMG WRITE THIS RIGHT NOW. I couldn’t ask for a better group of authors to be my support.

Jessica Estep, my amazing publicist. You never bat an eye when I bring you crazy ideas, just come up with awesome ways to share it with the world. So glad I’ve got you in my corner. KP, for always answering my questions and being excited with me. I love you both!!! And a HUGE thank you to the bloggers who have been so supportive of this book and my career. I’d get nowhere without y’all.

My mom, who has been more excited about this book than I probably deserve, and who refused to let me spoil it for her.

Rachel, as always, thank you for making my words sound intelligent—any mistakes are mine. You, my dear, are a rockstar. Melissa, my crazy awesome cover artist, who made this book look so freaking gorgeous.

Chantee (who probably wanted to strangle me a few times) for the formatting, and keeping me sane. (There are dead bodies in this one!)

This book is incredibly special to me, and also one I struggled to write. Bri, thank you so much for listening to me and fielding emails with completely inappropriate subject lines. Thank you for listening to the ending. (And you’re welcome, for being nice to James.)

Finally, always, thanks to my family—to my kids for letting me write, for my husband’s patience. I know I forget to cook sometimes and I work through softball practice, but I love you like crazy, and I’m so grateful to have y’all with me on this ride. <3