Painted Lines (33 page)

Acknowledgments

First
and foremost, I need to thank coffee. Thank you for staying up with me night
after night helping to keep me awake.  You, my favorite drink, are truly my
best friend ever and I can never fully put into words the long lasting love
affair we have.  Coffee and I also need to thank our new friend into the mix,
our friend we named Fast Fix Keurig. We love you.

I
need to thank my beta readers for helping me stay as sane as possible while
working on this, and for reminding me to sleep.  I appreciate all the input
they gave me while I was writing this, even if I didn’t always agree. Thank you
Holly Malgieri, Nikki Sparks, Wendy Bree Rex, and Chrissy Zent Sharp; I look
forward to you reading the next.

Ashley
McNiel, thank you for all your help, I appreciate the time and effort to help
me get this book finished and ready.

I
need to once again thank my editor, Tanya Keetch, The Word Maid, for all the
hard work she puts in to polishing, correcting, and re correcting.

I
want to thank my awesome cover designer, Robin Harper, Wicked Cool Designs, she
did an absolute amazing job with the cover as well as the swag designed for
this book.

L.
Diane Wolfe, Spunk on a Stick, thank you for once again formatting for me. I
always love working with you.

There
are a lot of blogs I need to thank for all the support, pimping, and continued
support, if I forget someone I am sorry it wasn’t on purpose. Iloveindiebooks,
So Many Books So Little Time, Flirty and Dirty, TotallyBooked, Book Avenue,
Stick Girl Book Reviews, Book Junkies Anonymous, Romantic Reading Escapes, The
SUBCLUB, 2 Girls Book Blog: An Asian & White Chick Walk Into a Book Blog,
Wolfel’s World of Books, Under the Covers Book Blog,
The Book
Whore-der's Delights
,
Shh Mom’s Reading,  Erotica Book Club, and Word.

Shey
Stahl, as always thank you for all the support, question answering, listening
to me bitch, and telling me I can do this.

So
many authors to thank that I do not want to chance forgetting anyone, so thank
you to each and every author who has helped me along the way.  I love that we
support one another in our small community, and hope to be able to pass along
all that’s been done for me.

A
big thank you to my parents, without the knowledge they have passed on to me,
this book wouldn’t be here today.  You were right, Dad, I would eventually need
to know all this information about motorcycles and cars.

My
husband and son, sorry that we had take-out more with this book than any other
so far. I love you both.

About
the Author

Brei
Betzold is a stay at home mom to one very interesting little boy.  She has been
writing since 7th grade when her English teacher turned her onto poetry and never
stopped. In high school, she  had yet another English teacher inspire her to
start writing short stories where she found her first true love, turning words
into something so simple yet complex that it can move other people to love it
or hate it, but in the end to feel emotions about something she created.  She
can usually be found reading, writing, playing Lego’s with her son, or snuggled
on the couch while her two favorite boys battle it on the Xbox.

You
can contact Brei Betzold at:

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