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No Turning Back Reviews

Kaylea Cross — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:44:07 +0000

“Danger, fast paced action and sizzling attraction! This book grabs you in the beginning and takes you for a long, wild ride!

I felt the attraction from the hero and heroine the first time they were together, and only got more intense as you go along. A great plot, with many twists and turns, giving you a good sense of what the characters are feeling.

The book takes you on an emotional roller coaster, and rooting for the good guys the whole way.
If you like romantic suspense that leaves you on the edge of your seat, then this book is a must read. With No Turning Back, Ms. Cross pens a page-turning thrill.”

-Siren Book Reviews

“I appreciate writers who try to illustrate the issues out there in the world. I am even more appreciative of writers who fall under the romance genre and still manage to get people reading important stories. Cross really knows her stuff, understanding how the military and other agencies operate and how things work in the Middle East. She does an incredible job of making this story seem real, and I was so impressed.

I love my romances to come with a whole lot of conflict – it makes everything to much more intense. This is an author who knows how to write incredible love scenes that are at least as much about character and story development as they are about anything else. They were really special to read.

This is book is so much more than a romance, and it should be approached that way. This is a huge story that draws you in and doesn’t let you go. It’s one of those stories that really gets you thinking about some serious things, and I went through the whole range of emotions while reading it.”

-5 star Goodreads reader review

“If you like Suzanne Brockmann or Marliss Melton, you need to try Kaylea Cross. Can’t wait for her the next one. She has a fan with me.”

-Goodreads reader review

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No Turning Back

Kaylea Cross — Wed, 26 May 2010 02:53:48 +0000

CIA communications expert Samarra Wallace is on the run from a faceless enemy when she learns terrorists have kidnapped and threatened to execute her cousin. She will do whatever it takes to free her, including breaking cover to contact the former teammate she is dangerously attracted to. Now all she has to do is convince him she’s not working for the bad guys.

Ex-Army Ranger Ben Sinclair isn’t sure he can trust Sam, but he can’t turn her away. Lives are at stake and she may be the only way to capture the terrorist mastermind his team is hunting. Despite his reservations, he finds himself falling for her. But when Sam’s innocence is questioned again during a botched operation in the remote mountains of Afghanistan, the team pays a terrible price for trusting her. In the wake of that staggering betrayal Ben must decide if she’s the innocent woman he fell in love with, or if she’s a traitor who’d set them up to die.

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Absolution

Kaylea Cross — Tue, 11 May 2010 17:52:53 +0000

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Cover of Darkness Reviews

Kaylea Cross — Tue, 11 May 2010 17:46:20 +0000

“Wonderful. In Cover of Darkness Ms. Cross did exactly what a writer should do. Almost from the first page I wanted to be the heroine even when danger and chaos lurked around every corner. I admired Bryn’s dedication to a father she rarely saw, her strength and determination to do whatever it took to survive, and her compassion. Mostly, I envied her opportunity to be rescued by several hunky men. Although Dec is obviously and spectacularly the hero in this story, the other men who circle Bryn like satellites should not be disregarded. In fact, I suspect they won’t be. Cover of Darkness tells Bryn and Dec’s story, but it also drops tantalizing hints about the lives of several others and left me wanting more. I enjoyed this novel and can’t wait to see whose story is next. Well done, Ms. Cross.”

-rated 5 Diamonds by Dana Dean of Got Erotic Romance

“The many intriguing secondary characters and their motivations, the subterfuge, hate, and the love make Cover of Darkness a breathtaking and a heartbreaking story of life in a war zone and what it takes to survive. The price is sometimes high. The excitement, fear, and horror keep the adrenaline pumping at top speed as the story unfolds. How love survives and even thrives in such times is a mystery and a miracle.
Kaylea Cross’ writing style plunks the reader down into the middle of the action, traitorous deals, and the horrors of war as she mines the best and the worst of human nature to create a phenomenal love story.”

-rated 4.5 Books by Camelia of Long and Short Reviews

“Kaylea Cross writes romantic suspense at its finest. She does an amazing job bringing to readers an exciting new Navy Seal romance. Dec was HOT HOT HOT. The details in the story were believable and there is a great blend between the romance and the military details. Readers will also be sucked into Luke Hutchinson’s own personal problems. Cross is an author to keep your eyes on.”

-rated 4/5 by Reese of Night Owl Reviews

“At the beginning of the novel, I was tempted to compare it to Suzanne Brockmann’s Troubleshooters series, which is also about Navy SEALs. But as the novel progressed, I saw that I couldn’t compare the two. Cover of Darkness is very pro-America and pro-military, whereas Brockmann’s novels are written from more of a liberalistic viewpoint, which doesn’t accurately portray the military mindset.
Unlike Brockmann’s “heroes,” Declan McCabe would never be caught dead questioning whether or not Americans are the good guys or why they were fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan in the first place…I feel more connected to Cross’s characters because they think more or less the way I do. I also think that Cross writes far more believable military men…but Cross is also very careful to show “good” Muslims, the people who live their day-to-day lives by the actual teachings of Islam and not the more twisted fanatical teachings.”
-reader review, Nights and Weekends

“If you love military romantic suspense then you really do owe it to yourself to read this story. THIS IS MY favorite genre and I would put this story up against Melton or Brockmann any day. I can’t wait to get more from her. I hope she has plans to write more around the characters that were in this one.

Declan was one seriously hot alpha male, take charge of any situation. He was solid. There is not one thing I would change about him. Bryn was an awesome female lead. Very strong physically and emotionally considering all that happens in this book.

The bad guy Tezharri was freaky scary. I can picture him out there exacting his next plot……
Again I am so glad I found Ms. Cross. I look forward to reading more and waiting for her next installment…..I have added this one to my military ops list of books to keep!”
-5 star reader review, Goodreads

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Relentless Excerpt

Kaylea Cross — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:27:19 +0000

Running her gaze over him longingly while he had his back turned, Nev held back a sigh. Didn’t he feel how strong the pull was between them? The magnetism was so powerful it sizzled over her skin and settled in her bones. Her lungs couldn’t seem to get a full breath of air when he was in the same room as her. How could he just turn his feelings on and off like that?
To distract herself she picked up the remote and flipped the TV on to a sports show, figuring he’d appreciate that, and sank onto the couch. Behind her, Rhys turned off the lamp. She glanced over her shoulder, expecting him to come over and sit next to her.
But when he turned around and locked his navy gaze on hers, the little oxygen remaining in her lungs disappeared. Her stomach flipped like she’d just dropped three floors in a run-away elevator. Rhys had never looked at her like this. Everything about him radiated erotic promise.
She couldn’t tear her eyes from his while he strode over and took the remote from her. Without breaking her gaze, he hit the power button and turned off the TV, plunging the room into sudden darkness, then leaned over to place it on the coffee table. Silence enveloped them. With him standing so close, invisible currents of electricity leapt across the empty space between them. As her eyes adjusted in the pale moonlight streaming through the window, she caught the stark hunger in his expression. She swallowed hard. He reminded her of a predatory animal, waiting to strike. All she could hear was the thudding of her heart in her ears. She sat completely still.
You wanted this. Little late to be having second thoughts.
He closed the distance separating them and stopped in front of her, then took her hands in his. The simple contact jolted deep in her womb. Nev craned her neck back to meet his eyes, and the sheer desire revealed there stunned a gasp out of her. No one had ever looked at her like that. Rhys’ expression made her think he wanted to eat her alive. When he tugged her to her feet she obeyed without a thought, riveted by his focused expression.
Before she had time to wonder what he would do, he slid his hands up over the intensely sensitive skin of her inner arms and over her shoulders, up her throat to her face. The seductive touch was completely at odds with the molten heat blazing from his eyes and set her heart pounding.
She’d sensed this in him, this volcanic heat beneath the icy exterior he showed to the rest of the world. This was the real man beneath the cool façade. She’d recognized this part of him the moment they’d met in Paris, and yet confronting the overwhelming power of it in the shadowed room wracked a shiver out of her.

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No Turning Back Excerpt

Kaylea Cross — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:24:22 +0000

He shifted a little, and when his hand moved she realized for the first time he was holding a gun. She froze, fear squeezing her dry throat like a fist. She couldn’t take her eyes from the pistol, which she had no doubt was loaded.
“I’m not going to shoot you,” he said laconically, “unless you do something stupid. Since we both know you’re the furthest thing from that, I’m sure you’ve got nothing to worry about.”
She gulped and raised her eyes. What the hell was going on? Ben was holding a loaded gun against her.
“Been busy?” he asked in a mocking tone.
She attempted to pull herself together. Why even bother asking? If he’d followed the transmitter in her phone, then he knew exactly where she’d been the past few days. She refused to let him see he’d rattled her. Her chin came up. “I had a few things to take care of.” Like staying alive.
His short laugh was far from warm. “I bet you did, sweetheart.”
His south Boston accent took the R out of the endearment and made her heart ache. A few short days ago, he’d looked at her with warmth and kindness. Now, the expression in his eyes was almost glacial. Speculative and even angry. He had a right to feel that way after she’d disappeared on the team, but why the gun and the hostility radiating from him? She wished he’d let her explain everything. She needed him to believe her, because she had no one else to turn to.
Gathering her courage, she took a step away from the door, then another, holding that frigid gaze. He sat perfectly still, a tiger waiting to attack its prey. It unnerved her. This was not the jovial, affectionate Ben she’d come to know. He was a total stranger right now.
She stalled out a few steps from him, scrambling for something to say to ease the tension. “Ben, I—”
“Stop right there and hand me your bag.”
She bit her lip and did so, waiting while he emptied the meager contents on the table and went over each item looking for electronic devices. She clenched her teeth. Like she’d even had time to think about bugging anything.
He set the bag beside his chair. “Got your BlackBerry?”
She nodded. “In my pocket.” She was afraid to retrieve it in case it made him aim the gun at her. Her fingers twitched once, then fell still.
He held out one hand, palm up. Her eyes followed it. He had such beautiful, strong hands. She’d spent many hours working next to him, admiring them as they moved over the keyboard and the rest of their equipment. Long, lean fingers, the short-clipped nails blunt and clean. The hands of a healer and a warrior. She remembered the feel of them on her shoulders when he and Rhys came to her apartment after she’d called them for help back at the start of this whole mess. They’d lent comfort and support. Kindness. Now he motioned one impatiently at her.
“Hand it over.”
Careful to move slowly in case he suspected she had a weapon of some kind, she dug it out of her pocket and put it in his broad palm, the brief contact shooting sparks of heat up her arm. She snatched her hand back, hating the fact her body didn’t pick up on the cold front it had walked in on. He seemed remote, but she sensed something seething beneath his composed exterior. Whatever was going on in his head, he had to have something more on his mind than her disappearance. “You seem upset,” she ventured, not knowing what to make of it. If anyone should be upset, shouldn’t it be her?
An awful silence met her words. It expanded until it filled the room and pressed in on her.
“Upset?” he said finally, then shrugged. “I’m not upset. I’m just trying to figure out why you’d fall of the face of the earth exactly when bad shit started happening.”
She licked her lips, not liking what he was inferring. Something else must have happened that she didn’t know about. “I don’t know what I can say that will make you believe me,” she began, stomach squeezing tighter when he didn’t even glance at her. Despair filled her. “I called you because I need your help.”
He set her BlackBerry on the side table next to him and regarded her dispassionately. “That’s nice.”
His remote expression jangled her nerves. What had happened to make him look at her like that?
“You want me to trust you, Sam?”
She frowned. “Of course I do.”
“You’re a bright girl, so I’m sure you can understand why that’s not going to happen. But if you want to try to earn my trust, I’m game.” He tilted his dark head, pale eyes glittering a challenge in the lamp light. “You can start by taking off all your clothes.”

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Cover of Darkness Excerpt

Kaylea Cross — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:18:25 +0000

We’re not going to make it.
Instantly Dec grabbed her and pushed her into a darkened doorway, shoved his gun in his waistband and lifted her leg to wrap it around his hip. She gasped, grabbing his leather jacket to steady herself, staring up into his shadowed eyes. What was he doing?
They waited, listening, their bodies pressed so closely together she could feel his chest move as he breathed. His body heat warmed her, his fresh scent enveloping her. A minute ticked by. Two. He didn’t ease up from her. She quivered against him, part fear, part arousal, and his body responded.
She held her breath and stared into his face, their gazes locking.
A muted voice floated through the darkness. “A woman…dressed in a dance costume. Did you seen her running this way?” Arabic. A muttered reply followed, then the footsteps resumed. Closer with each passing second. What were they going to do? She tightened her fingers on his shoulders.
“Bryn?”
She swallowed, afraid even though he was protecting her with his body. Or rather, because of it. “What?”
“Go with this, okay?”
He didn’t give her a chance to reply, just took her face in his hands and leaned down to cover her mouth with his. She gasped, and he took advantage by angling his head, sliding his tongue along her lower lip before stealing inside.
Her fingers clenched as she arched upward, a moan of confusion escaping as he explored her mouth with skill. Shouldn’t they be running? His mouth was so warm, and he was so good her eyelids fluttered down. A thumb swept over her cheekbone. His other hand trailed down her throat and over her shoulder, sparking electricity in its wake. She made a murmur of protest, not understanding how she could be responding to him, under the circumstances. The treads on the sidewalk grew louder, but he continued to kiss and caress her as though they were about to fall onto a bed somewhere, as though they weren’t in mortal danger. She shook in his embrace, torn between wanting him and the fear they would be shot dead any second.
When his hand slid down over the curve of her breast, she gasped into his mouth, eyes flying wide as those footfalls grew louder and louder while her body trembled under his touch.
“Shhh,” he murmured against her lips. “Kiss me back.”
Footsteps echoed. Their pursuer was almost on top of them now.

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Out of Her League Excerpt

Kaylea Cross — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:11:28 +0000

Christa was folding the last of her laundry when Jake started barking outside, as if he’d cornered something. The raccoon again? “Oh, for the love of—” She stilled, hoping he would quiet down. Teryl and Drew had already gone to bed and given how lousy Teryl had been feeling, she didn’t want anything to disturb them.

Jake kept on barking. She’d have to go and deal with the dog before he woke the entire neighborhood, so she grabbed a broom from the utility closet and hurried to the patio doors.

Way to go, Jake, make everyone mad so you’ll have to stay in a kennel.

She unlocked the doors and stepped out onto the deck, triggering the security lights and scanning the yard. Jake was poised below a cedar tree at the rear fence, staring into the darkness beyond.

“Jake!” she whispered. “Come here.” She should have known better than to expect a border collie to obey that command when he was concentrating on something else. “Jake, shhhh! You’ll wake the whole neighborhood.” Resigned, she set off towards him with a sigh, broom in hand.

Outside the reassuring circle of light cast by the motion sensors, Jake froze into place. What if it wasn’t the raccoon? Maybe she should go get Drew, just in case …

No. She refused to disturb him and Teryl. She was probably being paranoid. She crept closer to Jake.

His hackles went up, a growl coming from his throat. Her fingers tightened around the broomstick, lifted high, but she saw no sign of the raccoon.

In the shadows something moved … the branches in the wind? No, something else. Something big. She stepped back, bumping into a tree. A roaring filled her ears, the metallic tang of fear filling her mouth.

Run.

Her mind screamed it, her flesh prickling and crawling her legs paralyzed.

Run!

The shadow moved again, materializing into a man’s silhouette.

He’d shaved his head completely bald.

The scream clawed its way up her throat as she pivoted to flee, the kitchen light a beacon of safety. A hand clamped over her mouth after only a thread of sound could escape, snapping her head back, his body bearing her down to the dew-wet grass. Jake yelped and lunged at her attacker, who caught him in the stomach with a kick. The dog gave a shriek and disappeared under a bush.

She fought with every ounce of strength, swinging her elbow at his face. Before she could do any damage he caught her wrist and twisted it halfway up her back, his other hand stifling her screams. She flailed underneath him, trying to land a blow with her knee, her foot, but he was too fast. And strong. Too strong. His breath sawed in and out as he flipped her face down, tugging her arms behind her.

He slapped something wide and sticky over her mouth, and she wrenched her head back and forth trying and dislodge it. Duct tape. She could hardly breathe, sucking in gulps of air through her nose. Panic gave way to hysteria, making the world tilt as her vision blurred. Her voice was hoarse from the bloodcurdling cries tearing out of her, only to be muffled by her gag. After the rip of more tape being peeled off, her limbs were immobilized. Trussed and helpless, she struggled against her bonds as he dragged her through the yard and the open gate into the alley, muscling her toward a vehicle.

Don’t let him get me in the car, she prayed, twisting and thrashing, rolling her eyes back toward the house. No one had heard her scream. No one would be coming to help.

Please God, don’t let him get me into that car…

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In The Works

Kaylea Cross — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:59:16 +0000

IN PROGRESS:
Crash and Burn (romantic suspense, 2nd of Bagram Special Operations series)

COMPLETED:
The Vacant Chair (historical romance)
Turbulence (romantic suspense, 1st of Bagram Special Operations series)

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Out of Her League Reviews

Kaylea Cross — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:02:37 +0000

The characters are both likable and believable. The setting moves cross country from Victoria, BC, to Baton Rouge and Charleston, giving a clear sense of each locale.

There’s an interesting subplot involving Rayne’s parents, Luke and Emily. They’ve lived apart for 23 years, but are still very much in love. Rayne both worships and despises his father.

The author provides lots of tension and edge-of-your-seat action. The final resolution is a true nailbiter. This was an extremely enjoyable story and I recommend it highly.
-rated 5 Hearts by The Romance Studio

Ms Cross writes well, with smoothness and polish and her ability to create sub plots means that she makes a [stalker] theme refreshing. Go for it- this is a super read.
-Between the Lines WRDF Review

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I rode the roller coaster ride of Rayne and Christa and have never enjoyed being on the edge of my seat like this before. The author illustrates not only the scenery perfectly but also the personalities of the characters. The emotions that Christa kept trapped inside and the way she was forced to confront and deal with them were heart-wrenching. You cry for her, and you cheer her on at every little baby step that brings her back to some sense of normalcy when it comes to romantic relationships. Christa’s stalker adds a whole other dimension to the plot and leads the reader on a suspense-filled path that makes you constantly wonder what is just around the corner. I was so impressed by the depth of the story and how each different layer was carefully pulled together in the end. Truly one of the most remarkable stories I have read. Kudos to Ms. Cross for a story well-told.
- Simply Romance Reviews

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OUT OF HER LEAGUE is a tantalizing story that has well-developed characters plus lots of mystery, suspense of the ever-present stalker, and the suspense of how Christa and Rayne can find common ground in order for them to share the phenomenal love each feels for the other.

Ms. Cross’ description of settings brings the locations to life and reveals even more about the characters. Her smooth, easy flowing writing is a joy to read, AND the love scenes are truly love scenes not just sex – ah!
- rated 4.5 books from Long and Short Reviews

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The twists and turns of a romantic suspense novel based on an Olympic hopeful set in the White Rock area has been penned by former White Rock Renegade Kaylea Cross.

League of her Own

By Alex Browne – Peace Arch News

Published: December 13, 2008 10:00 AM

The common advice to beginner authors is to “write what you know.”

When you’re a former White Rock Renegades pitcher who’s competed in many national championships and the Canada Cup – and even made the Canada Games team in 1993 – it makes sense to give your first novel a softball background.

Kaylea Cross has also included distinctive White Rock and South Surrey atmosphere and locations – including Softball City – in Out Of Her League, a romantic suspense novel published by Wild Rose Press.

But the Richmond-born Cross’ debut novel is about a lot more than providing cozy local references. Clearly written with an eye on the commercial potential of today’s more explicit romance fiction, Out Of Her League is a bona-fide page-turner, peppered with profanity and violence, and with a slow, but steady, progression to several steamy sex scenes.

It’s also her springboard to a series (she’s already completed another title and is in the process of revising a third).

They’re all action and suspense tales set around the globe, although involving an interrelated set of people.

Even Out Of Her League ventures south of the border for episodes on the Oregon coast and in Charleston, South Carolina, establishing characters who will show up later in Cross’ continuing saga.

The first novel’s main protagonist, Christa Bailey, is a White Rock softball catcher and a prospect for the Canadian Olympic team.

She’s a tough athlete, a warm friend and an attractive, independent woman who runs her own landscaping business. But she also has a guarded, vulnerable side, thanks to an ex who seriously damaged her self-esteem.

When Christa attracts the attention of a creepy ‘fan’ who begins stalking her, it provides an unexpected opportunity for her to become close to Rayne Hutchinson, the rippling-muscled, Carolina-raised ERT cop she’s had a secret crush on for years.

It isn’t long before romance blooms – but also not long before the stalker scenario escalates into a harrowing, and deadly serious, situation.

Cross’ prose is spare, fast paced and evocative, with enough narrative hooks and violent jolts to snare even those who profess to deride this kind of fiction.

This doesn’t describe Cross. The author, affable, perky and naturally inquisitive in person, admits she’s a fan of the genre – or genres, to be precise. The New York State-based Wild Rose has 12 different imprints to reflect a whole range of romance categories from ‘historical’ and ‘erotic’ to suspense.

“Romantic suspense is one of the biggest categories for romance novels right now,” she said.

“They’re exciting and edgy and they mix equal amounts of both so you have a good suspense story and a good romance at the same time. If you open up a newspaper or watch the news, it can be depressing at the best of times. A lot of people read fiction for an escape.”

Cross always thought her way into print would be through historical romance. She’s had a long-time obsession with the American Civil War, which has led her to drag others around battlefield sites and driven her to collect authentic weapons of the period. It was even the costume theme of her wedding, in 2000.

She still has half of a sprawling Civil War epic she penned at the age of 16 tucked away somewhere – and she wouldn’t mind revising it if the market for historical romances ever gets out of its current fascination for the Regency period.

Cross played softball from the time she was eight, and was a member of the Peninsula’s very first Renegades team, playing with the organization for 13 years until 1999.

She credits softball with developing her intense focus and discipline and helping her face up to adversity and disappointments (she says of her character Christa “She’s got my determination; I was a pitcher who always wanted to be a catcher”).

But writing was always as important to Cross as playing ball.

“I’ve always wanted to write,” she said.

“I got a typewriter for my sixth birthday, sat down and pecked out my first little story.”

She also credits her teachers, Alice Sears and Wagner Strauss, at the one-room Elgin School on Crescent Road, with encouraging her earliest writing efforts.

“They got my imagination going at an early age,” she said.

The first draft of Out Of Her League was written more than four years ago, when she was pregnant with her eldest son, and edited when she was on bed rest due to complications while pregnant with her second boy.

“A professional editor went through it, and it was a good job I was on bed rest, because I would probably have had a hemhorrage when it came back covered in red ink.”

Although she had to lose close to a third of the novel’s length and rewrite much of what remained, she found it a valuable process.

“I learned a lot about writing,” she said. “I didn’t know there were so many things to think about voices and tenses and descriptive tags.”

A draft of Out Of Her League made it to the semi-finals of Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel competition, out of 5,000 manuscripts submitted.

“That’s what made me think I could really get it published,” she said, adding that she learned about The Wild Rose Press through a publication of the Romance Writers of America.

“They’ve set out to be a kinder, gentler publisher. Even when they reject a manuscript they give you feedback and ask you to resubmit.”

She sent a couple of chapters and a synopsis to Wild Rose and was stunned when they responded within 10 days with a request for the full manuscript. When Wild Rose offered to publish the book, Cross sought advice from another mentor, established local author Wayne Ralph.

“He told me ‘This business is tough and if somebody’s offering to publish your book, go for it’.”

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