“Great,” a light feminine voice said from behind me. “Then the feeling’s mutual.”
I turned, slowly, and came face-to-face with my nemesis, the one girl I seriously couldn’t conjure up anything but hate and distaste for, no matter how sexy her ass was. “Oh baby.” I leaned down and bit the outside of her ear just to piss her off. “You know I’d dig the strangling part if I could have my dick inside you at the same time. I heard you’re into that.”
It happened all at once.
The beer bottle flying across my head.
The knee to the groin.
And then the searing pain as I fell to the floor, with the devil standing over me, her hot-as-hell heel pressed hard against my chest.
“Yeah.” Ian nodded. “I think this new partnership is going to work just great. Don’t you?”
“Just great,” Gabi said.
“Yeah,” I grunted as all the beer I’d consumed threatened to come back up and make an appearance across her shiny red heels. “Freaking. Great.”
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I release a lot of books . . . meaning I do a ton of acknowledgments, and I still always manage to forget people that made the book possible . . . like the checker at Albertsons who didn’t judge me when I bought two bottles of wine and announced that I had a date with my computer and a scene I really didn’t want to write. Okay, I didn’t drink two bottles, more like one, over the course of a few hours. But seriously, people, it takes a village, and I’m so thankful that I have such an amazing team around me.
Skyscape, you guys work your butts off to make sure that every book you release is pristine. Thank you for constantly challenging me to be better, which of course plays into Melody, my editor . . . you are hard. I’m not just saying that. You’re the type of editor who makes me want to cry into an empty cereal box while trying to justify whiskey in my morning coffee, and I love every minute of it. You make me a better writer, and for that I’m eternally grateful!
To my beta and editing team on the front end—Katherine Tate, Kathleen Payne, Jill Sava, and Liza Tice—thank you for making sure that each and every book has its own special flavor!
My amazing agent, Erica Silverman, is as usual the total voice of reason in all situations. Thanks for being such a dear friend. I feel like we are family. ;)
To my publicist, Danielle Sanchez at InkSlinger PR, thanks for all your hard work with each and every release. Blood, sweat, tears!
Bloggers and reviewers, you are incredible! It never ceases to amaze me that you are willing to take a chance on each and every release; you guys do so much for me, and I’m so thankful!
And readers . . . I really don’t even know what to say. I’m so blessed to have you guys. Let’s make a deal: I’ll keep writing, and you keep reading. Yes?
And finally, I need to thank God. He’s first, always first, in my life. Without him, I am nothing.
Nate and Thor, you are both real live superheroes. I am blessed by you guys in so many ways!
As always, thank you for reading! Stay tuned for the next Wingmen Inc. book. You won’t want to miss Lex’s story. After all, there’s a very fine line between love and hate, don’t you think?
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Hugs,