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it’s exactly the kind of sketchy bar/building I described.

Also, I am aware that the timeline from finding out about Presley’s illness after she gets shot, to the medical testing is very rushed and not realistic in the slightest. But sometimes a writer has to take liberties with fact to make the fiction flow. It really would’ve slowed the story and the buildup of such a critical point to have everyone wait around for days and even weeks for the results. So, I sincerely apologize to those who are sticklers for exact details and hope you can understand where I’m coming from on the creative side. Hopefully you’re so invested in what’s happening on the page, there’s no place for boring reality to be a burden!

Acknowledgments

This is where I shamelessly beg and plead with you to drop a short review of Blacklisted. Good, bad, or ugly…any review is so, so helpful to a new release and to the author. Your review is far more likely to attract a new reader than anything I say or do! Please help a gal out.

If you’ve read any of my books, or if you’re new to me and Blacklisted is a first, I’m sure you can tell how much I love an opposites-attract story line. There is just something really special and extra interesting about bringing together two people/characters who shouldn’t work. Finding the beauty and appreciation in those differences is my favorite. It was also really fun to write two people who don’t really relate well. I’m writing this with Valentine’s Day right around the corner, and I have to say, I so feel Presley and her resistance to romance and relationships. That’s never been my thing, either, and it would take someone really special and dynamic, like Shot, to get me to change my viewpoint.

As always, a huge shoutout to anyone who blogged about, posted about, talked about, and shared Blacklisted and the rest of the Loveless series. The heart and soul, and ultimate success, of any book is in your hands. I sincerely appreciate every single person who helps give one of my stories life and love. You da best.

The Loveless series has brought so many new readers into the fold, so I just want to say, “Welcome to the Crowd!” We’re chaotic and crazy like the Lawtons, badass like the bikers, and almost all of us have HUGE hearts. Thanks so much for being here and allowing me to chase every dream I’ve ever had.

A huge thanks to the girl gang that surrounds me and helps me be a better version of myself. I’m a better Jay and a much better writer because of all the women in my life. Shout-out to my new editor, Madeleine. It’s not easy to jump into an existing series and to tackle a hero the readers have been dying to know more about, but Madeleine dived in headfirst and fearlessly. She was easy to work with, and she really did make Shot shine. My agent, Stacey, who is a real-life superwoman. My friend/assistant, Jill of all trades, Mel. My publicist, Jessica. And my kickass beta team who still stick around even though they know how ugly and terrible my rough drafts tend to be. Any part of the story you love, they made it 1,000 percent better! Thanks for being rad and super-duper helpful Sarah, Pam, and Alexandra. Honestly, don’t know what I would do without you ladies.

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When a rugged sheriff discovers secrets from the past, he’s forced to protect the woman who was once his sworn enemy.

Case Lawton comes from a family of criminals. So as the sheriff of Loveless, Texas, he’s determined to do everything by the book—until he’s called to Aspen Barlow’s office after a so-called break-in. The last thing he wants to do is help the woman who cost him custody of his son. But Aspen isn’t the heartless lawyer Case remembers, and he starts to question his long-held grudge…

Aspen is scared for her life, and Case is her last