Acknowledgements & About the Author - The Broken Road

I am truly humbled by the people who have encouraged and supported me throughout the creation of this book. First and foremost, I’d like to thank my husband, Tobin, for not having me committed when I first announced I wanted to write a romance novel and for not once complaining in the twelve months I spent glued to my computer writing the first three books in this series. God, I love you.

I also want to thank my children for putting up with the neglect and for not rolling their eyes every time they heard “I’m sorry, mommy just has one more thing to edit, then I can play.” I’d like to thank my parents for their unwavering support in everything I do.

I’d like to extend a special thanks to my friend, TJ Crane, for his copyright and business advice. A huge thanks to Phil Hagen for helping me establish the necessary connections and for guiding me through the process of getting a small business and website up and running. I’d also like to thank Dave Burris for designing a website that literally took my breath away!

I would like to thank my sister-in-law, Christine Bedard-Dannels, for ensuring my French translations were correct. I’m so sorry the story made you cry, honey! I’ll add a note of thanks to my brother, David, for marrying such a kind girl and for encouraging me throughout this project.

I also want to thank my extremely talented friend, Kari Kunkel Anderson, for being such an amazing photographer and for capturing those images that were swirling around in my head.

A very special thanks to my dear, sweet friend, Shira Ben-Zion, for helping edit this book and for helping me sift through all those nonsensical grammar rules. Thanks also for putting up with the random late night texts when I was wordsmithing!

I’d like to thank those friends who formed the bones and the inspiration for so many of the characters in this book, those who are mentioned by name and those who preferred aliases. I should thank ALL of my friends for putting up with my incessant chatter about the plot. I know I’ve wandered through the last twelve months living two parallel lives, with one foot in and one foot out of these books! Thanks for putting up with me!

I’d also like to thank my reviewers: Mary Barnes, Jenny Uhl, Jenny Letowt, Erin Himstedt-Rice, Autumn Leva, Cenia Miller, Kristen Miller, Channa Threat, Christine Bedard-Dannels, Valerie Norman-Dannels, Dan and Kimme Cochrane, Marie Hagen, Rita Gibson, and Lexie Hoines. Thank you for offering such wonderful advice. I’d also like to thank my book club ladies for their enthusiasm and support. You ladies seriously rock!

I’d like to thank author John Locke for taking the time to write a book that would help aspiring authors. Your insight and advice were invaluable. Finally, I’d like to thank the folks at Amazon for creating a venue for self-publishing authors like me.

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About the Author

About the Author

I live in Northern Virginia with my football-crazed husband, two beautiful daughters, two psychotic Shih Tzus, and two freakishly large goldfish. I teach courses in international relations, foreign policy, peacekeeping, and human security at the American Military University. I also work as a reading tutor at my daughters’ elementary school. What can I say? I still love school. Reading has long been my passion, so I belong to not one but two book clubs, which I fondly refer to as my “good girl bookclub” and my “bad girl bookclub.” Suffice it to say the “bad girl bookclub” is the one that decided to read Fifty Shades of Gray.

I’ve been writing for as long as I can remember. In my childhood, I loved writing poetry, song lyrics, and short stories. Somehow, this morphed into supreme court briefs, government reports, congressional bills, journal articles, and op ed pieces as I grew older. And now? I’m writing romantic suspense novels. God only knows why.

Thanks for reading this first book in the broken series. Keep reading for more information on book two in the series. I love hearing from my readers, so please stop by ksruff.com, drop me a note, and let me know what you thought about the book!

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Additional Books by K.S. Ruff

Additional books by K.S. Ruff

 

beautifully broken

book two in the broken series

How many times can one woman be abducted? That’s the question burning Kristine Stone when she finds herself staring down a dark and dangerous man from her past. When she refuses to leave with him, he forces her hand by threatening to kill the man she loves, along with thousands of others. Kristine fears his terrorist connections will enable him to make good on this threat, so she complies. She thinks she has it all figured out. If she takes the path of least resistance and does everything this man asks, he will eventually tire of her and let her go. Despite this well intentioned plan, Kristine discovers just how seductive this man can be. She is forced to choose between the love of two men and stands to lose everything in the end.