The edges of a smile curl on my lips. Time to take my mind off what's lost and focus on the opportunity in front of me.
After all, there's work to do.
acknowledgments
Thank you to Spencer Hill Press for acquiring this book and working with me to make it the best it can be.
Thank you to Ari, my cover artist, for giving me a standout cover. I love it soooo much.
Thank you to my agent, the foxy Courtney Miller-Callihan, for being the better half of our crime-fighting duo.;-)
And last, thank you to YOU, the reader. Every excited message you sent me makes my heart grow bigger and bigger. I so hope you enjoy this book as much as I enjoyed writing it. â¥
about the author
R
HONDA
H
ELMS
STARTED
WRITING
several years ago and loves writing teen and New Adult romance. She has a Master's degree in English, a bachelor's degree in creative writing, and also freelance edits manuscripts. When she isn't writing, she likes to do amateur photography, dig her toes into the sand, read for hours at a time, and eat scads of cheese. WAY too much cheese. Rhonda lives in Ohio with her husband, two kids, a dog and a really loud cat.
colophon
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, old-style typeface. It was originally produced in 1912 by Georges Peignot for Deberny & Peignot, a Paris foundry. It was based on the copper engravings of the French artist Nicholas Cochin, from which the typeface also derives its name. In 1997, the typeface was expanded by Matthew Carter for Linotype and is also available from Adobe. Cochin is renowned for its small x-height and long, sharp ascendersâfeatures that lend elegance to the overall look of the typeface. A distinct and quirky font, Cochin is known for its individuality amongst modern, transitional, serif typefaces.