Author Note and Sequel Thoughts...

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Dear Readers:

First of all, I wanted to drop back in and thank all of you who left such wonderful comments in the last chapter and throughout this book. You have no idea how much I treasure hearing your responses. Thank you!!! So much love to all of you! 🥰🥰🥰

I wrote this book for myself above all, and it is very personal to me. There were two years, from 2019 to 2021, when I didn't write anything at all. I was dealing with some painful stuff in my personal life, and I thought maybe I didn't have any more stories in me. Writing became something I did for editors and contracts, and I forgot to be true to myself. This book I wrote for me, and I fell back in love with writing all over again through sharing these characters with all of you.

Inspiration comes from the strangest places! Do you want to know how this story started in my head? Last summer, I was binging old seasons of Love Island UK, and I fell in love with one of the couples: A shy bookworm type who seemed completely out of place on that show and a surprisingly literate Calvin Klein model. They bonded talking about their favorite books and ended up falling in love for real (married with 2 kids now), but there was so much of their story left off the screen! So many gaps between their way-too-short scenes. Ugh! I wasn't satisfied at all.

That initial seed of an idea grew into this book. I changed almost everything about the characters and their stories, filtered through my own weird brain and life experiences, and eventually they morphed into the Cora and Jamie you read about.

But I know how frustrating it is when a story feels unfinished, and here I left Cora and Jamie with quite the open ending! There is way too much ground to cover in an epilogue, so I am thinking about bringing Cora and Jamie back for another book. We need to find out how their relationship works in the real world, with their very different backgrounds and social circles.

Here's where I could use your input.  I'm only going to write it if I here from enough readers wanting more!

Reader Survey

1) Would you keep reading if I wrote a sequel?

2) What was your favorite part of this book?

3) If you've also read my other romance story It's Only Temporary, which did you ❤️ more?

Please let me know in the comments! There are a lot of details I still need to work out, and it will take a little time to plan. I will be back with more announcements, so please keep this book in your library and stay tuned!

Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️
Viv


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