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Authors: Katy Evans
I look forward to sharing my new and upcoming, amazing series characters with you this year and I hope you all keep your eyes on your own personal dreams and ambitions. Become, in whatever impassions you, a
legend.
Love,
Katy
Thank you to . . . my husband, my children, and my parents; you are the light of my life!
To Stacey Suarez, the best fitness expert and dearest friend I could have ever hoped for, who has been with me with every step of my writing journey.
To Monica Murphy, for the beta reads, the hours emailing, the laughs, and the friendship.
To Kelli C., my external “ninja” editor, for helping me prep this baby and beautify my words—you are amazing!
To Anita S. for the excellent proofread and extra-gentle touch with my manuscript.
To all the bloggers who have supported me through what is now is my ninth release, I appreciate each and every one of you. Thank you for taking the time to read, review, and promote my releases. Without you it would be incredibly hard for my books to be found.
To my amazing beta readers, for their early feedback and all the chats and book love. Thank you, Monica, Kim Jones, Kati D, CeCe, Angie, Lisa, and a huge special thank-you with a cherry on top to Mara White and her little boy, who was my inspiration for Racer.
This book would not be what it is today without my amazing publisher. My huge thanks to everyone at Gallery Books, including my editor, Adam Wilson; my publishers, Jen Bergstrom and Louise Burke; the art department, copy editors, publishing team, and publicists.
I am equally grateful to all my foreign publishers, who’ve translated The REAL series in nearly a dozen other countries so far. Thank you!
To everyone at Jane Rotrosen Agency, you are not only amazing people but always manage to make us—your authors—feel like we’re family. Thank you! And special thanks to Amy Tannenbaum, my agent, who is not just my agent but also takes on a million other roles like best-advice-giver, relentless cheerleader, and firm Katy-believer. Without Amy, I might quit when the going gets tough, but thankfully when the going gets tough, Amy gets tougher. So thank you, Amy.
And most especially, thank you, thank you,
thank you
to my readers. You are as passionate about my characters as I am, you allow them to make you lose sleep like I do, you think about them in the shower and when you’re driving like I do, and then you go all out and
love
them like I do. Thank you for all the hours you spend with us. I hope we can continue spending many more.
Katy Evans is married and lives with her husband and their two children plus three lazy dogs in South Texas. Some of her favorite pastimes are hiking, reading, baking, and spending time with her friends and family. For more information on Katy Evans and her upcoming releases, check her out on the sites below. She loves to hear from her readers.
Website:
www.katyevans.net
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/AuthorKatyEvans
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/authorkatyevans
Email:
[email protected]
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BOOKS BY KATY EVANS
THE REAL SERIES
REAL
MINE
REMY
ROGUE
RIPPED
LEGEND
THE MANWHORE SERIES
MANWHORE
MANWHORE +1
MS. MANWHORE
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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2016 by Katy Evans
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Evans, Katy, author.
Title: Legend / Katy Evans.
Description: First Gallery Books trade paperback edition. New York, NY
Gallery books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 20016.
Series: The Real series ; book 6, “Legends never die.”
Subjects: LCSH: Hand-to-hand fighting—Fiction. BISAC: FICTION / Romance / Contemporary. FICTION / Contemporary Women. GSAFD: Love stories.
Classification: LCC PR6105.V3495 L44 2016 (print) LCC PR6105.V3495 (ebook)
DDC 823/.92—dc23
LC record available at
http://lccn.loc.gov/2015042851
ISBN 978-1-5011-0154-0
ISBN 978-1-5011-0158-8 (ebook)