My Beloved: A Thin Love Novella (16 page)

Thin Love
was a personal book to write. It took me a few months… or twenty years, depending on the day you ask me about it.
My Beloved
is the wild imaginings of what could have been and an answer to the folks who didn’t understand Keira and Kona’s story, to the ones who thought I was justifying the notion that violence and abuse are remotely acceptable. They are not. So, to those of you who read
Thin Love
and understood what I was trying to say, the sort of couple I was trying to examine, I thank you. This novella is yours, totally and completely. I am overwhelmed by the love and encouragement you’ve all shown me. It is staggering to me how a book, especially one so personal and raw, could impact even a single person. So, to the readers who
got
me, who
got
Keira and Kona, know that
My Beloved
is the sweet reward for all that damn angst and overwhelming emotion.

Thank you, as always, to Sharon Browning and Karen Chapman for their sharp eyes and sharper minds while editing this novella. Nothing I write would see the light of day if it weren’t for either of you. Thank you to my “Sweet” Team and betas: Trish Leger, Judy Lovely, Carla Castro, Naarah Scheffler, LK Westhaver, Lorain Domich, Melanie Brunsch, Michelle Horstman-Thompson, Allyson Lavigne Wilson, Chanpreet Singh, Heather Weston-Confer, Betsy Gehring, Allison Coburn and Sammy Llewellyn for lifting me so high, I have to look down to see Heaven. I love you all dearly.

Thank you to Kayla Jagneaux, Jennifer Jagneaux, Juli Wright and Joy Chambers for cheering me on endlessly. I could not be a prouder aunt or feel more love than what you’ve given me. Thank you so very much to my book bestie Kele Moon and her lovely mother for all the clarifications on pidgin and the proper Hawaiian locales and customs. Thank you to Chelle Bliss, Lila Felix, Penelope Douglas and Trish Leger for supporting and encouraging me without fail.
Merci beaucoup
to Alex Fraser for the beautiful artwork and to all my Facebook, Twitter and GoodReads friends who promote, spread the word and participate in my endless marketing misadventures. To Marie, Sherry, Barbra B., Sarah and Kalpana, work buddies and book fanatics, thank you so much for always encouraging me. Many grand and massive shouts of gratitude to
Michelle Monkou
of USA Today’s Happily Ever After blog for always telling her very large audience exactly why she likes my stories. I am so grateful to you, doll.

Thank you to Angela McLaurin for yet another gorgeous format and to my family for their constant and continuous love and support. I am a lucky, lucky lady.

P.S. Don’t worry. Ransom will get out of his funk… eventually.

Eden Butler is an editor and writer of Romance, SciFi and Fantasy novels and the nine-time great-granddaughter of an honest-to-God English pirate. This could explain her affinity for rule breaking and rum.

When she’s not writing or wondering about her
possibly
Jack Sparrowesque ancestor, Eden writes, reads and spends too much time watching rugby, “Doctor Who” and New Orleans Saints football. Currently, she is imprisoned under teenage rule alongside her husband in Southeastern Louisiana.

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