Lucky Star: A Hollywood Love Story (41 page)

By the time we woke the next morning, the PR team had already sent over a digital clip book with all of the articles and snippets that had been published immediately following the premier. I knew more would be coming later today, but so far several outlets had used the photo of Sarah and me in their coverage of the movie’s local premier and my rise to fame. Each was captioned with a similar line below our picture: “Cameron Scott and his beautiful wife, the artist Sarah Travers Scott.”

It seemed Hollywood had finally woken up to something I’d known from the first moment I’d laid eyes on her. Sarah’s beauty – both inside and out – could not be denied.

Thank you for reading Cameron and Sarah’s story. I hope you enjoyed it. If you did, please take the time to leave a review on the site where you purchased it or on
Goodreads
. Reviews are so important to authors, especially us indies, as it helps others find our books.

Now that you’ve finished reading
Lucky Star: A Hollywood Love Story
, you may be asking yourself if Eagle Harbour is a real place, and if so, how you can go there. To answer your question, it is and it isn’t. Eagle Harbour is based on Tofino, a small fishing-slash-logging-slash-surfing village on Vancouver Island, and one of my favorite places on the planet. The landscape described in this book is all Tofino, as are a few of the restaurants and other establishments (with names changed, of course). However, while I’ve loved getting to interact with and know some of the residents of that remarkable place, none of the characters in this book are based on them. If you’re interested in learning more about Eagle Harbour – err, Tofino – you can
read this post
I wrote back in September 2015.

Finally, I want to give you a little hint about my next contemporary romance,
Trying Sophie
, coming Late Summer 2016. Sophie Newport is the award-winning travel reporter who penned the blog that made Sarah want to visit Eagle Harbour in the first place. When Sophie’s grandfather has a heart attack, she puts her travels on hold to move back to Ireland to help her grandmother run the family pub. When she arrives, she learns the family business is in bigger trouble than anyone knew. Sophie’s trying her best to bring Fitzgerald’s Pub back to its former glory, but she’s constantly distracted by the good looks and charismatic charm of her childhood nemesis Declan O’Shaughnessy. Declan, one of Ireland’s most famous rugby players, has loved Sophie since they were kids and now that she’s back on Irish soil, he vows to change her mind about him once and for all. When Sophie’s grandpa is back on her feet, she has a choice to make: leave Ireland and Declan behind, or put down roots in the last place she expected with the man she swore to hate.

First, I want to thank you, dear readers, for purchasing this book. Your continued support means the world to me. I hope you love Cameron and Sarah as much as I do.

To my husband, Alan, for showing me that happily-ever-afters do exist. Thank you for supporting my dreams. I couldn’t do it without you.

To my mom, Laura Waldon, who loves everything I do and has no problem telling the world about it. If you follow me on Facebook, you’ve seen the fervor with which she supports me. I’m still laughing that I recently had to tell someone the person who literally likes everything I post isn’t actually a stalker.

To my friend and fellow author Jamaila Brinkley, thanks for your encouragement and for helping me write blurbs that aren’t overly wordy. Also for telling people about my mad Photoshop skills.

To the best damn writing partner a girl could ever have, a million thanks to Amy Stearman. She keeps me focused and helps point me in the right direction when I second-guess myself. I hope twenty years from now we’re still reading each other’s work.

To my friend Martina, who helped me come up with a very special passage in this book. The beauty of the words spoken were definitely inspired by her.

To John Legend, whose “All of Me” is the perfect song to accompany this book. The lyrics so reflect Cameron’s heart and his love for Sarah. In fact, I recommend you listen to Legend’s whole
Love in the Future
album. It’s a wonderful journey of sex, love, and desire from beginning to end.

I’d also like to thank my partners in crime in the Ginger Submarine, without whom the idea for this book would never have come about. Our ship may have sunk, but it’s been amazing getting to know each of you and I hope we’ll be rolling our eyes together long into the future.

Rebecca Caudill hates writing about herself in the third person but since that's how these things are typically done, she'll do it under protest.

Rebecca read her first book when she was just four years old and has been hooked on the written word ever since. When she wasn't writing her own stories, she was sneaking copies of her mom's paperback romances to read late into the night. (Which, thinking back, was probably so not okay.)

After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in Journalism, she embarked on a career in technology public relations in Silicon Valley, working for some of the country's hottest start-ups and publicly traded companies. In 2014, after more than a decade of writing words ascribed to other people, she quit to pursue writing full time.

Rebecca lives in Dublin, Ireland, with her husband. When not writing, she is exploring her new home town and traveling across Europe searching for inspiration for her next story. (Hint: it probably involves travel and rugby.)

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