One of the Guys (33 page)

Thank you to the entire team at Spencer Hill Contemporary and Spencer Hill Press.

Thank you to Patrice Caldwell, publicist extraordinaire.

Thank you to Rebecca Mancini for finding Toni a home overseas.

Thank you to Jenny Zemanek for designing a great cover. It's better than I could've imagined.

Thank you to the online writing community, including Evil Editor and the WriteOnCon team, without which this book may have never been discovered. Thanks goes out to my fellow Fearless Fifteeners for support throughout this whirlwind journey.

Thank you to my in-laws, Kevin and Kathy Aldin. Kathy, thank you for happily babysitting while I rushed off to finish edits before deadline.

A special thanks to my parents, Dan and Kathy Taylor, for nurturing my love of reading. Your support this year as I navigated the terrain of new motherhood and new authorhood at the same time means the world to me. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you, above all, to my husband Chris for taking such good care of me. Without you, this book would be unfinished.

At last, I thank my darling daughter, Charlotte. Due to your impending arrival, I found the courage to resurrect this story and submit it for publication. You are my heart.

about the author

Lisa Aldin graduated from Purdue University with a B.A. in English Literature. She now lives in Indianapolis, Indiana, with her husband and daughter.
One of the Guys
is her debut novel.