Authors: Kristen Hope Mazzola
Stupid Hearts (9 page)
I rummaged through my closet, trying to find something to wear. All the way in the back, I found a dress that still had the tags on it from right after Randy had been deployed. I’d had a lot of free time back then, and I usually filled the void with shopping with Cali, mostly for things I had yet to wear. I yanked the dress off the hanger, slipped it over my head, and pulled on a pair of wedges.
Good enough.
I sighed and trudged down the stairs to the freezer, taking my black-labeled savior out of his icy home. I was going to need all the help possible to put on a brave, put-together face, and whiskey was my known choice for liquid courage.
Here goes nothing.
I took one big, deep breath and headed out my front door.
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Special Thanks
To Brett
:
Thank you for your big heart and even bigger personality. You helped shape this book by just being you and lending your moxie to help develop one hell of a wonderful secondary character! Love you!
To Josie Bordeaux, Author of
The Alluring Promises Series
: I don’t know if you even realize how great of a friend you have been to me or how much you influenced this book. Right when I told you the idea, I was nervous to write rom-com, not to mention erotica and you believed in me and this story! You are amazing!
To Diese
l
: (Yes, I have my dog in here, again!) Thanks for grunting, barking, growling, shoving, and stressing me out from under my desk. You have inspired one of the most enjoyable characters I have ever written, Dozer!
To my amazing editor, C Mari
e
: My dear, you have done it again! You are simply amazing and I am so glad that we work together. Thank you for making my books blossom into so much more than I even expected them to be!
To the reade
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: Thank you for your support, encouragement and love for the written word. I love what I do and you make it possible! Don’t ever forget that without readers, authors wouldn’t have an audience and where’s the fun in that?
Note From the Author
Thank you for buying my novel. In doing so, you have helped fulfill a very important goal of mine. From every purchase of any of my books, I donate to the Marcie Mazzola Foundation. The mission of the foundation is to "help better the lives of abused and at-risk children; and to build community awareness regarding the needs of children."
The Marcie Mazzola Foundation was established in 2003 by my family. On July 6, 2002, Marcie died tragically in an automobile accident. Although she was only 21 at the time of her death, Marcie had experienced many things and touched many lives. She was a beautiful young woman whose inner beauty surpassed even her physical beauty because of her compassionate nature and treatment of others.
At the time of her death, Marcie was involved in a civil lawsuit against a school bus driver who had sexually abused her when she was 11 years old. Prior to her death, it had been expected that the case would be won, but since Marcie could no longer testify
,
it was going to be next to impossible to win. Marcie’s attorney met with her family to determine if the suit should be continued. He advised the family that Marcie had confided in him her intention to donate her entire award to help sexually and physically abused children if she won the case. Once this was known, the family had no doubt that the suit had to continue.
The attorney’s strong commitment to Marcie prompted him to proceed with the case, and against all odds, it was won. Marcie’s estate was awarded a monetary settlement. With her attorney’s guidance and continued support
,
the family established a foundation as a tribute to Marcie’s life
,
which would
continue her legacy to help children.
To learn more about The Marcie Mazzola Foundation, please visit:
http://www.marciemazzolafoundation.org
Marcie Mazzola Foundation
158 Burr Road, Commack, NY 11725
phone: 631-858-1855 • fax: 631-462-8544
email:
[email protected]
The Author
Hi! I am just an average twenty-something following my dreams. I have a full time "day job" and by night I am an author. I guess you could say that writing is like my super power (I always wanted one of those). I am a lover of wine, sushi, football and the ocean; that is when I am not wrapped up in the literary world.
Please feel free to contact me to chat about my writing, books you think I'd like or just to shoot the, well you know.
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