Where the Ivy Hides (25 page)

Where The Ivy Hides

Roman Book 3

By

Kimber S. Dawn

Acknowledgments

First and foremost, I want to thank someone who made this book even possible for me to write. David, you make my mind go quiet. You make every single thing around you
calm, your patience and smile are like the still before a storm that never comes. The world could be falling apart around you, yet there you’d be, the embodiment of peace. Somehow, you fixed all the lost and broken things, that I couldn’t seem to figure out before you came along. In my eyes, you moved mountains, by simply being you. And you’re still here. You know I do this better with words on paper, baby, so here goes…I love you, all of you, the darkest parts included, and I know I’m new to you and your life, and I know I’m insane, but I just wanted you to know, no matter what, and no matter for how long, I promise I will always love you. Always. Thank you, David Troy, for being every single thing I’ve ever wanted and needed. Thank you for showing me how to be happy.

For Kylie Sharp, girl, I think Ivy needed your ROMAN knowledge and expertise as much, if not more than I did! Thank you so much for spending the extra time on helping me make Ivy, the story it is.

Silla, girl, I couldn’t write my way out of a paper bag, if it weren’t for you!!! Haha! You’re hands down the best, babe! Ever vigilant, and ever without rainbows and sprinkles, and for that, I thank you!

And last, and certainly not least, to the reviewers, if you wrote a review for ROMAN or RB2, chances are I read that review a hundred times. Reviews are so important, SO IMPORTANT, and you can only give one. Be it a positive or a negative review, I read them, and I use each as a tool to help grow as a writer. As authors, most of us are warned not to comment on reviews, and for the most part, I do try to stick to that unspoken rule, but there was one review in particular, that I just couldn’t adhere to the rules for. Some of your review read as a one star, and some of it read like a five star, but you gave me four, and even more importantly, you struck a resounding cord within me with your words alone…thank you.

Author Bio

I was born and raised in Louisiana… and No, I do NOT live in a bayou, I actually see the beaches on the gulf coast more than I see a bayou, lol. I started writing poems and short stories very early in my life. You know, for the Michael’s and Leo’s and Nick’s in my life. I've been a book hoarder since I was eleven years old, but then a couple years ago something wonderful happened! The 50 Shades of Grey craze brought to life my inner smut whore and I commenced to read anything and everything smut affiliated. When reading wasn't enough anymore and I noticed that so many of the authors of my favorite indie authors and their books weren't getting the exposure their work deserved, I turned it into a mission, starting my own blog, buying their books and reading them one by one. I then wrote my reviews for my blog and didn't hold back in writing them (Hell yeah those motherfuckers are profanity laden). I've never done a single thing in my life halfway. I always go all in. After the success of my Blog, and the insistence of one of my bestest friends, my sister from another mister, Trina Taylor of Bad & Dirty Books, I was ready to finally take the plunge and see if I could write a book that was worth a damn. I'm a Southern girl to my core, a self-proclaimed smut whore, and I keep hearing that I’m an author, but honestly… I don’t believe the rumors, lol. I don’t feel like a kickass bitch spittin’ out lyrics, or stories, like a motherfuckin’ rockstar.

Tattooed across my ribs are the words I have always lived by: 'Aut viam inveniam aut faciam tibi.' Latin for: If I cannot find a way, I will make my own.