Deception Island (31 page)

Acknowledgments

Being a writer mostly means sitting at a keyboard and
typing one letter after another until the story is done. “Done,” in the case of
Deception Island
, meant almost half a million
finished letters—written, critiqued, rewritten, deleted, revised, edited, edited
and edited again, proofread and, finally, printed.

The process isn't nearly as lonely as that might sound. I would
not be fortunate enough to be writing an acknowledgments page for my debut novel
if it weren't for the encouragement, advice and support of dozens of friends,
fellow writers and industry professionals:

My editor Allison Carroll and agent Nalini Akolekar, who
believed in me and this story from the first chapter, and their colleagues at
HQN Books and Spencerhill Associates.

My critique partners, beta readers and writing cheerleaders,
who keep me positive, accountable and sane: Christine Sheehy, Cassandra
Gaisford, C. A. Speakman, Gina Hagedorn, Mia Kay, Kari Lemor, Carol Opalinski
and M. A. Grant.

The talented writers who've so generously given up their time
to mentor me: Donna Alward, Valerie Parv and Daphne Clair. And the editors whose
perceptive advice has been instrumental in helping me grow as a writer,
especially Laurie Johnson.

The many people who've given me technical advice on this story,
including Brad McEvoy, J. M. Bray, Deb Harkness, Lynette Eyb, Pippa McKelvie,
Matt Otway and Mark Dunn. Any errors are my responsibility alone.

The writing associations and groups that have kept me
encouraged and inspired, and given me invaluable opportunities to learn and
develop: Romance Writers of New Zealand, The Ink Spot, the Dragonflies, Flash
Forward, the Harlequin Community, Romance Writers of Australia, and Romance
Writers of America and its Kiss of Death chapter.

And my beautiful husband and sons. Love you guys to
infinity.

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Deception Island
, then
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Government worker Josh Hamilton begs Sam to investigate his
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ISBN-13: 9781459293885

Deception Island

Copyright © 2016 by Bronwyn Sell

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