Vengeful Love: Black Diamonds (29 page)

Acknowledgments

To you, the reader, thank you for taking Scarlett and Gregory into your heart. Writing this, the final installment in the Vengeful Love series, was bittersweet. I wanted to give Scarlett and Gregory the ending they deserve and a conclusion that you could really enjoy. But I was incredibly sad to write those final words,
THE END
. I hope Vengeful Love will stay with you long after you finish reading this book.

So many people have helped bring you Scarlett and Gregory’s story. Every person I’ve worked with at Harlequin and Carina Press has been incredibly helpful and hardworking and really behind making a series we could all be proud of. I want to single out Kerri Buckley, who truly is a wonderful editor but also funny and kind. Not only has she been a driving force behind this series, she actually makes me enjoy editing! I also want to mention Melissa Anthony, who is quite simply a machine! She’s been rooting for this series from the start and really is amazing to work with. Thank you so much also to Heather Goldberg, Kimberley Cannon, Stephanie Doig and Angela James. This still leaves so many people behind the scenes in so many roles who have helped put Vengeful Love together, and I am no less grateful to each and every person involved with the series.

To Andrea Barzvi, my fantastic agent, thank you for everything you’ve taught me, for all your insight and direction, and for championing me and my dreams, as well as the books. I have wonderful friends and family, and people who I have met more recently because of the books, who have encouraged me and backed the series. You know who you are and I appreciate everything. I must single out Alan and Diane, who do so much in every other aspect of my life so that I can work and write without losing my mind. You are magnificent! Jennifer and Jenny P, thank you for keeping me company on bookish trips and providing me with endless laughs. I’m blowing you air kisses, you just can’t see me.

Finally, I want to thank my kind, patient (mostly), gorgeous husband, Sam. You’ve done everything you possibly can to help me get here and I love you with all my heart. This is the first book I have dedicated to anyone for a number of reasons but I wanted this one to be yours. Because you are
my
everything and
my
reason
.

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The Vengeful Love Series

Suggested reading order

Vengeful Love
Vengeful Love: Deception
Vengeful Love: Black Diamonds

About the Author

Laura is a lawyer by day, working for a global business law firm. By night, she puts pen to paper, writing about handsome billionaires and sassy alpha females. Laura grew up in England, UK, and has spent a lot of time traveling the world. It was while she was living in Australia in 2009 that she began drafting her first novel (now safely in a drawer for a later date!). In 2012, working as a lawyer in London, inspired by the blinding lights and corporate world, Laura was bitten by the writing bug again. From a small bedroom in the city, Gregory Ryans and Scarlett Heath were born in the first book of the Vengeful Love trilogy.

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ISBN-13: 9781459294295

Vengeful Love: Black Diamonds

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