X: The Hard Knocks Complete Story (51 page)

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ollow
along with Margo and Alexander’s twisted love affair in the next part of their story!

T
he first person
I want to thank is you, my dear readers, for waiting patiently for the conclusion to Xavier and Anna’s story. Thank you all for loving them as much as I do. I hope you know how much I appreciate each and every one of you. Thank you for taking the time out to write reviews. It means a lot to me!

Jennifer Wolfel, I seriously don’t know how I could ever write a story without your input. Your love, support and never wavering faith in me and my work truly means the world to me. Thank you for being your amazing self.

Emily Snow, thank you so much for helping me with this book. It seriously helped me a ton!

Jennifer Foor, Holly Malgieri, Heather Peiffer, and Jessica Mobbs, thank you all for being there for me over the years. I treasure the friendship I have with each of you so much!

Jenny Sims, Ryn Hughes and Jovana Shirley, thank you for being an amazing editors and working so hard on these projects. My timing was crappy, but you ladies pulled through for me. Thank you so much!

My beautiful ladies in
Valentine’s Vixens Group
, you all are the best. You guys always brighten my day and push me to be a better writer. Thank you!

To the romance blogging community, thank you for always supporting me and my books. I can’t tell you how much every share, tweet, post, and comment means to me. I read them all, and every time I feel giddy. Thank you for everything you do. Blogging is not an easy job, and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate what you do for indie authors like me. You totally make our world go round.

Last, but always first in my life, my husband and son: thank you for putting up with me. I love you both more than words can express.

N
ew York Times
and
USA Today
bestselling author Michelle A. Valentine is a self-professed music addict that resides in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, son, and two scrappy dogs. When she’s not slaving away over her next novel, she enjoys expressing herself with off-the-wall crafts and trying her hand at party planning.

While in college, Michelle’s first grown-up job was in a medical office, where decided she loved working with people so much she changed her major from drafting and design to nursing. It wasn’t until her toddler son occupied the television constantly that she discovered the amazing world of romance novels. Soon after reading over 180 books in a year, she decided to dive into trying her own hand at writing her first novel, and she hasn’t looked back. After years of rejection, in 2012 she self-published
Rock the Heart
, her tenth full-length novel written, and it hit the
New York Times
. Her subsequent books have gone on to list multiple times on both the
New York Times
and
USA Today
bestseller lists.