Authors: Tamara Mataya

Tags: #Adult Contemporary Romance, #Tamara Mataya, #sexy romance, #love and romance, #steamy romance

Just Breathe (29 page)

I bend to retrieve it, glancing at it as I straighten up.

Hang on.

Jareth Dominic Williams.

42 Karac Drive.

The address pricks my memory, which could just be because it’s Dominic’s place.

But I know the name, Jareth Williams.

Dominic/Jerry is Jareth. Under-liner of library books.

I smile and turn back to him. “Dominic? Have you read the new Coupland book yet?”

Acknowledgments

Thanks always to everyone at the Seymour Agency, particularly Nic and Risa for embracing my sense of humour and laughing with my gloriously inappropriate emails.

Thanks to Georgia and the team at Swoon for unleashing this Crazy Canuck into the world. Again!

*Chestbumps* to the people who helped make this book better: Jessa Russo, Amber Clites, Heather Griffin, Tristina Wright, Brandi Lynch, Cait Greer, Laura Hughes. I love you all.

Giant hugs to my amazing beta readers, you know who you are. <3

To my Naturals girls, Kayti, Melanie, Laura, Sierra, Genn, I love you guys more than you even know. You make every day better. I’ll see you in the Bitchy Ether, parading around in our kaftans eating butter tarts.

Thanks to the AMAZING ladies at the High River Library. You are the best co-workers, and some of the strongest women I’ve ever met, and you’re the reason why my job rarely feels like ‘work.’ <3

To the others who were there: Q, Tyler, Darcy, Keija, Mick. Wherever you are, I hope you’re warm and safe and happy.

Love to my family, Mum, Dad, and Bruce, for all their love and laughter and support, and to all 35 of my little brothers and sisters.

Love to my husband for reminding me there’s a world outside my laptop when I start to go square-eyed and scowl like a mofo.

Thanks to the bloggers, especially Angie McLain at Fangirl Book Blog, and Mandy Smith at Raw Books, for letting me take over their Facebook pages.

And finally, thanks to you – the readers. Without you, I’m just someone banging on the keyboard. (TWSS). Just Breathe is the most ME I’ve ever put into a manuscript and I hope you’ve enjoyed spending some time with Past Tamara. I appreciate you all so much for giving me a chance, and supporting me on my journey.

Tamara Mataya

Tamara Mataya is currently a librarian; she lurked there for so long recommending books to patrons and shushing people, that she suspects they only hired her so it would be less creepy. Now she’s armed with a name tag, and a thin veneer of credibility. She’s also a musician with synaesthesia – which isn't an issue until someone plays a wrong note, which makes her want to squirm inside out. It makes for a good live show.