Date Me (43 page)

“They’re beautiful. But I don’t understand why you did it.”

“I did it because I think it’s time you finally knew that the stars were always for you. Always. Only. Ever. For you.”

The
End.

love
me.

The Keatyn Chronicles

Book four.

Coming soon.

**Because the ending of this book is pretty explosive, I’d like to ask that you do not spoil it for others or quote the last line in your reviews.

I want all readers to be as surprised as you were at the end.

Thanks so much for understanding <3

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Other books by Jillian Dodd

Read That Boy
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Acknowledgements

Where do I even start?

I cannot even believe that less than two years ago I hit publish on
That Boy
and am now releasing my fifth book. If you ever dream about doing something, don’t be afraid to try. Sometimes things turn out better than you could have imagined.

To quote Keatyn, “It's been better than I could have scripted.”

Thank you, readers. Books are fun for me to write, but it’s even funner when you know people are enjoying them. Thank you for all your emails, messages, tweets, and facebook posts. Thank you for your amazing reviews and telling your friends. Thank you for wanting to take Keatyn under your wing and tell her a thing or two about boys. Thanks for remembering what it’s like to be a boy-crazed 17-year-old girl. I know there were many times that I promised myself I was done with boys, but then some cute guy would smile from across the room and I’d be all like,
What broken heart?

Thanks to the following KC Addicts for sharing part of their names for this book: Melissa Stewart-Allum, (Who is now Facebook officially Melissa Danny-Diamond. Wasn’t sure which name you would prefer I use.) Mireya Sauer, Jessica Miremadi, Pernille Meldgaard Pedersen, Amy Cosse, Mandy Morgan, and Taryne Ross.

To the winner of the Keatyn Polyvore boards contest: Julie Kady. I love how you totally get Keatyn’s style. I love how you paired the sequined shorts with the cowboy boots for Keatyn to shop in.

To the Triple M Book Club: Thank you for adopting my brother and teaching K about the fun way to use big ring gummy Lifesavers and Fruit Roll-ups.

To Happy Chin-Sang Driggs: Thank you for having a “druk” night on Facebook and inspiring Dawson’s scene from the book.

To Allison Jones: Thank you for sharing the way a boy asked you to Homecoming with glow-in-the-dark stars. I loved that, obviously, as it was a huge part of this book’s storyline.

To all the bloggers who have reviewed my books. Thank you so much for all your support. You are the new booksellers. Instead of people going to the store to browse the latest covers, readers are flocking to your sites to discover new books. Y’all are AWESOME and I can’t thank you and all the other bloggers that have reviewed this series enough!! And a special shout out to: Mollie at Tough Critic Book Reviews (Thank god you got over Cush.); Gitte & Jenny at Totally Booked; Autumn at Autumn Reviews; Ellen & Judith at I Love YA Fiction; Denise at Flirty & Dirty Book Blog; Christina at Cocaine & Cupcakes Blog; Julie Brazeal at A Tale of Many Reviews; Alexis at Reality Bites; Lisa at Rock Stars of Romance; and Leslie at The Indie Bookshelf.

Dang, this is getting long. Good thing I’m not on the stage at the Academy Awards. They’d start playing the music now. To my friends: Jenn Sterling, Nigel Blackwell, David N. Walker, Rebecca Donovan, Diane Capri, Molly McAdams, Charles Sheenhan-Miles, Leslie Fear, Melissa Stewart-Allum, Mireya Sauer, Jessica Miremadi, and Beth Suit. Thanks for all your support and advice!!!

The beta readers for this book: Jessica Miremadi, Beth Suit, Megan Broussard, Jacquelyn Hansen, Lexi Ly, Mint Martijn Bkk, Amanda Halvorson, Jamie Lynn McBryan, Mireya Sauer, Melissa Danny-Diamond. Thank you so much for all your feedback. I really appreciate it.

And my support team: Rebecca Peters-Golden for your editing. Sarah Hansen at Okay Creations for your amazing covers. Julie Brazeal at ATOMR book tours for well-run promotions. Jessica Miremadi for kickass Polyvore boards. My daughter and assistant, Kenzie, for keeping me sane. Well, trying to.

And lastly, to my family. As always, you mean the world to me.

xoxo.

About the Author:

Jillian Dodd grew up in Nebraska, where she developed a love for

storytelling, Husker football, and Midwestern boys.

She currently resides in Texas with her family.

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