Beauty from Pain (Beauty, #1)(95)

It’s late, but I don’t care. I take my phone out and dial the familiar number. “Callaghan Investigations.”

“Jim, it’s Jack McLachlan. I have a job for you, and it’s a big one. I need you to find someone in the States. Do you have a current passport?”





Don’t miss the special excerpt from

Rule by Jay Crownover

at the back of this ebook.





DEDICATION

To J, F, and M.

You are my dreams come true.





ACKNOWLEDGMENTS





I have made such wonderful friends along the way and

I want to recognize those who join me in conquering the publishing world.





Amy Bartol

You are my friend and the sister I didn’t know I had.

You are the other pea in my pod and the butter on my bread.

I Love ya, girl.

And people need more tellin’ so keep rocking

The Premonition Series.

You guys seriously need to check this lady out if you haven’t already.

Because I said so. And because she’s a wee bit awesome.

Ames, I can’t wait to see where you take us next.

And thank you for always being my roomie.





Shelly Crane

Your are my pal and the wind beneath my winds.

You never cease to amaze me with your accomplishments.

Good things come to good people. True story.

You helped me when I was trying to make my way into this crazy world.

I’ll never forget that. Thank you, Shelly Bean.

Keep pumping out those amazing tales, girl.

I can’t wait for The Significance Movie.

You guys have to read The Significance Series

so you can be prepared before it hits the big screen.





Michelle Leighton

Wow. You’ve marinated in a little more awesome sauce this year.

I’m so happy for you and all you’ve accomplished.

Most of all, I’m honored to call you Friend.

Thank you for your words of encouragement

and always having the gift to make me smile and laugh.

I can’t wait to see where The Bad Boys Series goes next.

And The Wild Ones.





Samantha Young

Who knew we could become friends with an ocean between us?

I feel like I know you already and I can’t wait to meet you. I’m counting the days.

I’ll never forget the way I felt when I learned On Dublin Street had hit #1 on Amazon.

I’m still amazed, but not shocked, by your accomplishments.

I’m impatient to see where Johanna and Cameron go in Down London Road.

Hurry up already!





Angeline Kace

I love you for your voice of reason.

You’re a fine example of a friend and cheerleader.

You’re always quick to point out our accomplishments and I love you for that.

Your eye for detail is unrivaled and I thank you for sharing your wise knowledge.

I can’t wait to see what’s next in The Vampire Born Trilogy.

And FYI: she might have a little contemporary something up her sleeve in the future.





Quinn Loftis

You were the first author I met in this crazy world.

You’ve been such a wonderful role model for what can be accomplished in such a short period of time.

Thank you for making me laugh when I needed it most.

You have amazing things in store for you through The Grey Wolves Series and now Elfin.





Rachel Higginson

You rock some curly hair like nobody’s business.

I still can’t believe you drove all that way to meet up with us. That’s a real friend!

I hope we get to see each other again, soon. But fly next time.

Keep Rocking it out in

The Star-Crossed Series and The Starbright Series





Lila Felix

You’re taking the world by storm.

...another fine of example of what can be accomplished in a short period of time.

Thank you for being my pal and talking to me for hours about my projects.

I can’t wait to see you again so I can hear your prairie dog laugh.

Keep showing the world what roller derby life is about in

The Love and Skate Series.





Jay Crownover

Wow. What a debut.

I know you didn’t expect Rule to rule Amazon the way it has.

Props to ‘ya.

You truly know how to rock the tatted, pierced badass and I dig it.

So does everyone else.

Can’t wait to see what Ayden and Jet are up to in their book.





Thank You To My Wonderful Music Heads When I needed help from my Facebook pals, they didn’t let me down. I asked for music suggestions when I was in the early stages of writing this book before it even had a title. These are the fantastic peeps who came to my rescue. Thank you so much. You’ll never know how much you influenced this story.





Fern Curry

I want to especially thank Fern from whirlwindbooks.blogspot.com