The start of this amazing journey!

Aidan St. Andrew and Rhiannon Forester were my first novel. My first characters that had depth to them, that showed promise and made me want to see more. To write more. And I did.

I wrote their story for years. Years. Just writing pieces here and there that came to me. And then, the fully story was ready. It was time. And I got it done. And then, I re-wrote it. Edited it. Fixed it, again and again and again. And again. And then, I sent it off to some editors. I never heard back from two. But I heard back from one. It needed more emotions. That's all they said. And I had no idea it would turn into this. That from that, it gave me the courage to reach out to someone and do it myself. I did. I reached out to my cover designer, taking a leap into the unknown and it was the best step I could have ever taken for myself. And I am proud I did it. She designed this. Made my characters real. They were exactly as I imagined them to be and I was in love. I still look at it in awe. Still am shocked that it is more than I ever expected it to be. And then she showed me how to put it up on Amazon. Walked me through it and I waited. With baited breath. And people liked it. Loved it. Reached out to me and asked me about it. And asked if there was more. It snowballed from there and I never in a million years would have dreamed that this would have turned into what I do now. That the stories keep coming and that I keep going and people still want more. I love it. And I am so grateful to Aidan. To Rhia. To their story that started it all for me. They will forever and always be my favorite because of what they did for me.

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