Fall 2014

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The campaign is the reason for this series. I could have never written Liz’s story without the knowledge I received from working on the 2012 campaign. I started writing it while holding a clipboard and going door-to-door, at a Delta Rae concert while doing voter registration, out with other campaign workers. They are the life and the soul of the campaign. They secure everything behind the scenes, they make sure things are running smoothly, they are the ones putting together eight-thousand-person events with three days’ notice so that the politician can show up and talk for a few minutes. I hope I conveyed an ounce of that in these books, but they will always mean the world to me because of that time. So thank you for everyone out there who helped make this book a reality: Meera, Gregg, Alex, Maddie, Kane, Greg, Rob, Mary, Susan, Hannah, Daniel, Olivia, Anna, Ralph, Avani, Kathleen, and Kiran.

As always, I appreciate the people who read early versions of this story and helped kick me into gear when I was staring at a blank page. Jessica and Bridget—thank you for being there every night while I delve into my characters’ minds. Also, Trish and Becky for falling in love with my characters as much as me. I’d like to thank my agent Jane Dystel at Dystel & Goderich Literary Agency, who believed in this series and helped me every step of the way. Thanks to my content editor Tiffany and my Amazon representative JoVon for making the story everything it could be. And I could never forget my boyfriend, Joel, who deals with my manic behavior without complaint while I’m writing and helps with our adorable puppies, Riker and Lucy.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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K.A. Linde grew up a military brat traveling the United States and Australia. While studying political science and philosophy at the University of Georgia, she founded the Georgia Dance Team, which she still coaches. Post-graduation she served as campus campaign director for the 2012 presidential campaign at UNC Chapel Hill. She is the author of eight novels, including five in the Avoiding series and two in the Record series. An avid traveler, reader, and bargain hunter, K.A. lives in Athens, Georgia, with her boyfriend and two puppies, Riker and Lucy.