The Auction: Young Adult Romance, New Adult Romance, Forbidden Love (Magnolia Grove Book 1) (10 page)

Wait. Has Holden always liked me?

No, because it was later when he started calling me tigress. He was well past the age limit for that phase. And what does tigress even mean? Why would you pick a nickname for someone without them knowing why you call them that? If he was trying to annoy me, it didn’t really work because I didn’t understand the meaning behind it. Then again, I guess it annoyed me more not knowing. Maybe that was his plan. He’s always had a way of confusing the hell out of me.

But yet, hearing Holden say either of those names for me again after all these years is different. Surprises. Some sweet, and some of which are fucking nightmares. “I think I have some idea about the surprises.” Case and point being that none of the nightmares seem to involve Holden Masters at this point. What the hell am I going to do?

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J.B. McGee is a mother, wife, and the Amazon Top 100 author of the best selling This Series. Amazon Crossing acquired the German rights to her debut novel, Broken. Heartfall, her coming of age novel about a bullied ballerina, is a #1 best seller in the Teen and Young Adult Performing Arts genre. Skipping Stones, a military romance about a young woman strongly influenced by her faith and her family all the while searching for her true love, is a #1 best seller in Women's Christian Fiction.

When J.B.'s not writing, she enjoys reading as well as watching and live-chatting her favorite television shows with her friends. Her favorite shows are Quantico, Blindspot, Grey’s Anatomy, The Bachelor/Bachelorette, Below Deck, The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, and Scandal (mainly because of her love of Scott Foley).

Born and raised in Aiken, South Carolina, she attended Converse College and eventually earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Early Childhood Education from The University of South Carolina-Aiken in 2006.

In college, she was told by her children’s literature professor she would be the one student from her class to be an author. McGee shook her head and laughed. But in 2012, over six years after that statement was made and after a love of reading had been reignited, she gave writing a shot. J.B. gladly ate crow when she emailed her first book to the above mentioned children’s literature professor thanking her and acknowledging the accuracy of her prophecy.

In 2011, it was discovered that not only do both of her children, but also she and her husband, have mitochondrial disease. Affecting 1 in 2500 people, it has no cure or treatments. Being a writer allows J.B. to care for her family’s unique needs while also providing a platform for raising awareness for this disease.

She is a hopeless romantic who loves to escape into fairy tales—some she reads and some she creates.

J.B. McGee and her family now reside in Buford, Georgia.

Deb Hart. What to say that I haven’t said in every other book? You are priceless to me. There is a little bit of you in each of these books. I can’t imagine doing this without you. I don’t want to ever have to.

Georgette Geras. Your encouragement, your positivity, and incredible beta feedback are invaluable to me. I am so glad Heartfall brought us together.

April Holm. When I’m stuck like glue, dangling on the cliffs of writer’s block, you bring the rope to bring me back in, then sprinkle some adhesive remover. Thank you for making time to read this one.

Karen Russell. I can’t imagine sending a book out into the world without your eagle eyes proofing it first. I appreciate you always being my last reader and our chats.

Emily Lawrence. Thank you, thank you, thank you for squeezing this manuscript into your busy schedule. There is no doubt my manuscripts are better because of you.

Katie Ashley. Thank you for agreeing to edit the first chapter of The Auction, but actually going through it all in just a few days. I’ve missed your comments. You make me a better writer.

April Goleb. You have worked so hard to pull together yet another release, this time on short notice. Thank you for all you do for me, for being my special special.

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