AcknowledgementsIf someone would have told me in March of last year that I would have a four books written by the following April, I would have looked at them oddly and walked away. Writing a novel just wasn't in my “right now” plan. Once I put pen to page (or fingers to keyboard), I could stop, and now I wouldn't give it up for the world.
Writing from Vanessa's point of view was eye opening. In a lot of ways, I got to re-live some of my younger years by being with these characters for the last twelve months. I want to thank all of my friends from the days of my adolescence who gave me such great inspiration to create Gem City and its residents.
My little sister has been the absolute biggest supporter of this series, having shot all of the covers and promo shots for each book (even when
