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To Meredith Rich and the team at Bloomsbury Spark, a million and one thank yous for taking a chance on this manuscript and on me, for loving it like it's your own, being tough in order to bring out the best possible story, and for being so patient with my overbearing control-freak nature over the past year and a half. I hope that we get the chance to work on more projects together in the future.

To the history teachers, professors, and fellow enthusiasts who gently prodded me into a love of the subject, my life has been the better for it. Passion is a gift, and I plan to spend a lifetime unwrapping mine.

To my friends and family, my boyfriend, the kids I teach on occasion, the people who deliver my mail, the guys at Fun House Pizza, and anyone else who has to tolerate my messy, sometimes un-showered, often plot-foggy brain on a daily basis – thank you for putting up with me and, in some cases, even loving me anyway.

Trisha Leigh
is a product of the Midwest, which
means it's pop, not soda, garage sales, not tag sales, and you guys as opposed to y'all.
Most of the time. She's been writing seriously for five years now, and has published 4
young adult novels and 4 new adult novels (under her pen name Lyla Payne). Her favorite
things, in no particular order, include: reading, Game of Thrones, Hershey's kisses,
reading, her dogs (Yoda and Jilly), summer, movies, reading, Jude Law, coffee, and
rewatching WB series from the 90's-00's.

Her family is made up of farmers and/or almost rock stars from
Iowa, people who are numerous, loud, full of love, and the kind of people that make the
world better. Trisha tries her best to honor them, and the lessons they've taught,
through characters and stories—made up, of course, but true enough in their way.

Trisha is the author of THE LAST YEAR series and the WHITMAN
UNIVERSITY books. She's represented by Kathleen Rushall at Marsal Lyon Literary
Agency.

And if you love adult romance, be sure to check out MISTLETOE AND
MR. RIGHT, now in print from Bloomsbury Publishing!

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