Hidden Gifts (A Castle Mountain Lodge Romance) (22 page)

Residing in the Alberta Foothills with her husband and twins, Elena escapes to the mountains as often as possible and can often be found sitting by the lake plotting her next story.

Besides her fiction projects, Elena has been published in multiple Chicken Soup for the Soul anthologies, as well as the Seal Press anthology, How to Put a Car Seat on a Camel- and other misadventures traveling with children.

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Thank You

Writing a book can at times be a lonely experience that one occasion can totally consume me at the expense of everything else. I am grateful to have so many amazing people in my life that make it possible to do what I love everyday and who understand when I start talking about my fictional characters as if they were real people.
 

But in truth, I could absolutely not be living my dream if it wasn’t for one group…the women who read my books. Every time I receive an email, a Facebook message, Tweet or even a comment in person from someone who read my book, my heart soars. To hear that you identified with a character, you laughed, you cried or even got angry with one of the characters, means that I’ve done my job.

Thank you for your emails, for sharing your own personal stories with me, and for letting me into your world. Your support makes it possible for me to live my love and for that, I’m eternally grateful.
 

 
A huge shout out to Steena Holmes who worked so hard with me on the cover for this book and tolerated all my little detail changes. Also, for being my sounding board in this crazy business. I’m so thankful for our friendship.

Leanne Shirtliffe and Trish Loye, as always - you both are brilliant beta readers and the feedback you gave me with out a doubt made this book stronger.
 

Faith Williams, thank you for your polish and shine to make this book the best it could be and pointing out all my Canadian spelling issues.

And of course all of the ladies (and gents) from HSDA and Destiny Makers. These groups are both so valuable to me and my career, I can’t imagine doing it without all of you.

And as always, last, but never leas—my family. To my husband, thank you for giving me the opportunity to live out my dreams every day. And to my children who are always so supportive even though they have to stay on the “other side” of the desk and aren’t allowed to read my stories—yet—thank you for always being my biggest fans.
 

Writing a book can be a solitary affair, but with all of you, I am never alone.
 

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

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