The Hang Up (First Impressions) (18 page)
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Authors: Tawna Fenske
Tags: #fish out of water, #opposites attract, #Lovestruck, #romantic comedy, #romance, #First Impressions, #category, #Entangled, #Tawna Fenske, #contemporary romance
Acknowledgments
Huge thanks, as always, to my marvelous critique partners and beta readers. I’d be a bumbling mess without Linda Grimes, Cynthia Reese, Larie Borden, Minta Powelson, and Bridget McGinn.
Much love and thanks to Shelby King for all the brainstorming help, and to the fine team at Wanderlust Tours for all the inspiring outings over the years. Extra thank yous to James Jaggard for the awesome cave tours and your vast underground knowledge. Thanks also to Miriam Aschkenasy and Jason Faler for letting me pick your brains and borrow your names.
I’m ever grateful to the stupendous team at Entangled Publishing, including my awesome editor Stephen Morgan, along with Heather Howland, Liz Pelletier, Debbie Suzuki, Jessica Turner, Melanie Smith, Crystal Havens, Erin Crum, Heather Riccio, and anyone else I might have inadvertently forgotten here. You guys are rock stars!
Eleventy-jillion thank-yous to my incredible agent, Michelle Wolfson of Wolfson Literary Agency. I’d be lost without you steering this ship and doling out seasickness bags as needed.
Thank you so much to my awesome family, Dixie and David Fenske, and Carlie and Aaron “Russ” Fenske, and to my fabulous stepkids, Cedar and Violet. You’re the best support system a writer could ask for.
And thank you to Craig Zagurski for being an amazing website updater, shoulder massager, newsletter producer, brainstorming buddy, cat feeder, tax guru, research partner, dinner maker, and sex-scene inspirer. Love you, baby!
About the Author
Tawna Fenske
traveled a career path that took her from newspaper reporter to English teacher in Venezuela to marketing geek to PR manager for her city’s tourism bureau. An avid globetrotter and social media fiend, Tawna is the author of the popular blog, Don’t Pet Me, I’m Writing, and a member of Romance Writers of America. She lives with her husband in Bend, Oregon, where she’ll invent any excuse to hike, bike, snowshoe, float the river, or sip wine on her back deck. She’s published several romantic comedies with Sourcebooks, including Making Waves, which was nominated for contemporary romance of the year by RT Book Reviews. She also writes heartwarming series books for Entangled Publishing, and tender, funny romances for Montlake Publishing. Tawna’s quirky brand of comedy and romance has won praises from Kirkus Reviews, which noted, “Up-and-coming romance author Fenske sets up impeccable internal and external conflict and sizzling sexual tension for a poignant love story between two engaging characters, then infuses it with witty dialogue and lively humor. An appealing blend of lighthearted fun and emotional tenderness.”
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