Authors: Aimee Laine
Little White Lies (28 page)
Acknowledgements
Oh, to get to ‘The End.’ It took a beginning, somewhere a few decades ago, to a teacher-Mom and a Dad who instilled in me a love of reading. So, first and foremost, I must thank my parents. Without you, I wouldn’t be here. After them comes my hubby; this is what the blood, sweat and tears are for. To my kids, who believe Mom is actually attached to her laptop … this is why. To my sister, who had the very, very, very first draft of Little White Lies in her hands … trust me, this one is way better, but thank you for even remotely attempting to read that one. To Claire Gillian, aka AuburnAssassin. Wow. Um. What to say? How many times can I change up a story in the first draft, while you’re reading, and you still actually want to read it? I bow to your patience and would like to know if you can bottle some of that and share it with me. To J.A. Belfield, yes, James will have his story and his growl and they’ll all be for you, baby. E-hugs from ‘across the pond’; I can’t thank you enough. To Angie Carlsen, my first ever non-family member, non-writer reader … thank you for your encouragement and the praise that every new writer wants to hear (oh, and the note to spice it up a bit. Hopefully, you noticed that I did). To Kris Fullbrook, who read the version you all see here and used such glowing words that my heart soared, to the folks on Scribophile.com who bore the brunt of my first chapter woes, threw preemptive strikes on my poor use of semicolons, and both praised and ripped my writing to shreds, I will be forever grateful. And finally, to my editor, Julia Helo Gonzales and everyone involved with J. Taylor Publishing … you rock.
Aimee Laine
Aimee is a romantic at heart and a southern transplant with a bit of the accent (but not a whole bunch). She’s married to her high school sweetheart, and with him, she’s produced three native North Carolinians, two of whom share the same DNA.
With an MBA and a degree in Applied Mathematics, there’s absolutely no reason she should be writing romance novels. Then again, she shouldn’t need a calculator to add two numbers, either … but she does.
Photo by Brian Mullins Photography
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