I want to extend a special shout-out to Nyrae Dawn for inspiring me to write this story. She wrote an amazing book called Rush about two young men falling in love and fighting to be together and it was so beautiful and honest that I really wanted to push myself to see if I could do something like that. I’m not scared to tell all kinds of love stories but I don’t think without the elegant and thoughtful way she showed how it could be done that I would’ve taken the leap.
I always knew Lando needed a happy ever after and that was the push I needed to make sure he got one. I’m so happy I gave him his story … I can’t say enough how fun and exciting this book was to write. I hope everyone that asks about Remy and him getting his own book understands now why that isn’t a story I will ever tell. I do happy endings and he gets one … just not in the traditional way. I think Remy’s happy ever after is seeing everyone he loved, everyone he tried to protect … including Lando … happy and ending up exactly where they are supposed to be.
I adore my readers and being able to talk to them and connect with them is one of my favorite parts of the job. I have a private group on Facebook where we all hang out. If you are interested in joining the group feel free to go to: https://www.facebook.com/groups/crownoverscrowd/
I do a lot of giveaways and we have a pretty good time in the Crowd. It’s really a place where I can connect one on one with readers and it is always all about the love. Believe it or not there are safe places on the internet.
All my readers— Thank you for being you. Thank you for being honest and willing to take a risk. Thank you for letting me do my thing even if you wish my thing was something else. You are the best in the land and I really do owe you everything.
To the blogger nation— Thank you for being badass. Thank you for loving books. Thanks for keeping shit real. Thanks for working so hard often with little reward. Thank you for being invested and interested. Thank you for being on the front lines, sometimes it gets bloody and brutal there but you never give up the fight … neither will I.
My professional team. Amanda, Jessie, Elle, Molly (the whole Harper crew) … all you kickass chicks in NYC that do what you do like no other, thanks. Thanks for putting up with me and believing in what I do … even if it never is quite the status quo. Your support and faith is humbling in a business that often feels like it can eat you up and spit you out. At the end of the day I never doubt really amazing things will happen when we put our heads together. Kelly Simmon, thanks for answering the Bat Signal whenever it lights up and being all the kinds of awesome you are. Thanks for being clever and quick and thanks for being my friend. Stacey Donaghy, thanks for being you … which is an awful like being me! Seriously, thank you for just getting it … whatever it may be at the time.
My inner circle, what would I do without you guys? Melissa, Ali, Debbie, Denise, Heather, Megan, Vilma, Jen Mc, and Stacey (are you ready for more of my sweet dance moves?) thanks for simply getting me and getting what I do. Thanks for your honesty and time … I know how valuable both those things are. It may have all started out business but it feels so far removed from that now and I can honestly say you ladies are some of the real, true rewards that have ended up crossing my path along this journey. I love all your faces and want to smother you in so much love. You make me better and there aren’t enough words to thank you for that.