WAR: Intrusion (54 page)

When she’s not writing, listening to music, or playing puzzle games on her mobile device, Vanessa writes the occasional
Tech Talk
column for her local RWA chapter's newsletter and takes long hikes in the nearby hills. Her home on the web is
www.vanessakier.com
.

Acknowledgments

ONCE AGAIN I couldn’t have brought this book to completion without help. As usual with my writing, I reached a point in Intrusion where I decided the book was no good and I’d have to start over. Turns out I was right. Based on feedback from several trusted sources, I ended up rewriting nearly the entire book. Here are some of the people responsible for making
Intrusion
the book it is today. Any shortfalls are entirely my own fault.

Huge thanks to my editor, Theresa Rogers. By pushing me to take my writing to another level, she proved that “No pain, no gain” applies to writers as well. Fixing this book was far from painless, but I’m very proud of where it ended up.

Thanks to Kristin, Virna, Susan, and Adrienne for brainstorming and synopsis help. You stopped me from going completely off track! Silver James helped lend a bit of regional authenticity to JC and Hoss by providing Cajun and Okie phrases.

The members of the Crime Scene Questions for Writers Yahoo! Group once again answered my grisly medical questions and firearms inquiries.

Many thanks to my proofreader Angela, who also helped me with British English terms, and to Frauke, my awesome cover designer.

Above all, I want to thank my family for their love and unconditional support.

Copyright

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, brands, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

WAR: Intrusion
copyright © 2015 by Vanessa Kier

ISBN: 978-1-941685-04-4

Excerpt from
Vengeance
copyright © 2013 by Vanessa Kier

Cover design by Frauke Spanuth, Croco Designs

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