Dirty Little Lies (36 page)
Authors: Julie Leto
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About the Author
By all reports,
New York Times
bestselling author Julie Leto was a sweet child once…somewhat shy, preferring to play quietly in her room making up stories rather than running around outside with her three brothers. However, being raised in a loud, Italian/Cuban-American household did have its influences and Julie discovered her inner tough girl. That’s probably why most of her heroines kick serious butt. She’s sold over forty books to four publishers—all featuring strong, confident women and the super-sexy men they drive to their knees.
Like Marisela, Julie was born and raised in West Tampa and still lives close enough to the old neighborhood to visit her old haunts from time to time. Most often, though, her life is busy with writing, homeschooling her daughter and catering to the needs of her spoiled dachshund and haughty lynx-point Siamese. Like the intrepid heroine of the Dirty books, Julie also has a wide range of relatives all within driving distance—but that's about where the similarities end.
Readers can find excerpts of her current and backlist books at
http://www.julieleto.com/
or visit her both on
Facebook
and as @JulieLeto on
Twitter
Contact Information
Website:
www.julieleto.com
Email:
[email protected]
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/readjulieleto
Twitter:
www.twitter.com/julieleto
Blog:
www.plotmonkeys.com
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Setting a book in a city I’ve visited only three times in my life (two of those times I was just playing tourist and not really paying attention to the details) was a challenge. Luckily, I absolutely love Boston and pouring through pictures and maps and notes to refresh my memory was not a chore. Special thanks go out to my consummate tour guide, Bill McDunough, founder of
BostonPrivateTours.com
and his amazing driver, Larry Constanzo, for my crash course in Boston history, lore, and layout. Forest Hills Cemetery wasn’t even supposed to be in the book—but they made me fall in love. I also thank Boston residents Marley Gibson and Barbara Keilor for answering my many questions about everything from the life cycle of apple trees in the Northeast to the proper way to talk about JP. Their insight, knowledge, and humor was invaluable.
A special thank-you to the moms at Carrollwood Elementary school—especially Melissa, Annett, Christy, and Jeanine—who listened endlessly to my tales of woe during the writing of this book and never once slapped me in the face and told me to “snap out of it.” Friendship like this is hard to come by. Same goes for the ladies of the Tampa Area Romance Authors (TARA), particularly the stalwart writers in the Book Challenge, who cheered me on during every stage of this book’s production. Writing is a solitary pursuit, so having the support of such amazing women is invaluable.
Which leads me to the
Plotmonkeys
—Janelle Denison, Leslie Kelly, and Carly Phillips—and my critique partner, Susan Kearney, without whom I could not function—as a writer or as a woman. You are my sisters, my friends, my colleagues. You all know what went into writing this book and I couldn’t have done it without you.
Last but not least, I must acknowledge my amazing family, who for the first time in twenty-something books, finally saw what a true ugly deadline is and not only lived through my madness, but also celebrated the completion of this project with a trip to Hawaii.
Mahalo
, from the bottom of my heart. Second, my parents, Sam and Nilla, and brothers, Chris, Tim, and Jason, for encouraging me all those years ago when I said I wanted to be a writer, for buying all my books, for giving books to clients and talking me up at every opportunity, caring about my progress at every step—best illustrated by Jason challenging me to go home and write when I was visiting him in the hospital. (No more of that hospital crap again, okay?) I also couldn’t have made this book happen without my sisters-in-law, particularly Joy and Jeannette, who listen to me, read for me, tempted me away from the computer for the occasional lunch out and also understand when I say, “No, I can’t, I have to work.” And to my nieces and nephews who remind me how much fun life can be. And of course, my aunts, particularly Anita Durand, for checking all my Spanish and for generally reminding me that family is what life is all about.
Copyright Information
eBook Copyright Bookgoddess, LLC, 2011
eBook Cover Art Pat Ryan Graphics, 2011
First published by Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Print Copyright by Book Goddess, LLC, 2006
eBook Cover Photo
RomanceNovelCovers.com
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from Author.
Table of Contents
Dirty Little Secrets
( Sexy Suspense)
Dare Me
(Sexy Suspense)
Phantom Pleasures
(Sexy Paranormal Romance)
Dirty Little Secrets
(Excerpt)
Talk Dirty to Me
(Sneek Peek)
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