Thank you to Carrie Ryan, Lily Everett, Sophie Jordan, Morgan Baden, Sara Lyle, Melissa Walker, and Linda Frances Lee, for your insight, support and brilliance as I wrote Chase’s story, and to Rex and the staff at Krupa Grocery for cheerleading and caffeine.
My father told me the story of skull drinking in Castel Teodorico when I was much younger than Caroline, and I was thrilled to be able to finally put it into a book. I am deeply grateful for his never once thinking, Perhaps she is too young for this. Thanks to David and Valerie Mortensen for the trip to Hearst Castle that inspired Duncan West and his magnificent swimming pool, and for raising a son who is all gentleman and no scoundrel.
To my wonderful readers, thank you for taking this journey with Bourne, Cross, Temple, and Chase, for loving them as much as I do, and for the endless encouragement online and by mail. To every single reader who gasped when you discovered that Chase was a woman, and took a chance on her story nonetheless, you will never know how much your faith meant to me.
And finally, to the woman who accosted me in a bathroom in Texas in early 2012 and announced, “I think Chase is a woman!,” I’m very sorry I lied to you.
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Don’t miss Sophie’s story . . .
The Rogue Not Taken
The first in Sarah MacLean’s
new Scandal & Scoundrel series
Coming in 2015
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About the Author
Multiple RITA? Award-winning author SARAH MACLEAN grew up in Rhode Island, obsessed with historical romance and bemoaning the fact that she was born centuries too late for her own season. Her love of all things historical helped to earn her degrees from Smith College and Harvard University before she finally set pen to paper and wrote her first book. Sarah now lives in New York City with her husband, their dog, and a ridiculously large collection of romance novels. She loves to hear from readers.