Hopeless

whisper.
    “Good,” he says. He reaches his hand out on the concrete between us and wraps his pinky around mine.

    The End

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When I wrote my first two novels, I didn’t use beta readers or bloggers. (By ignorance, not choice.) I didn’t even know what an ARC was.
    Oh, how I wish I would have.
    Thank you to ALL bloggers who work so hard to share your love for reading. You are definitely the lifeline for authors, and we thank you for everything you do.
    A very special thank you to Maryse, Tammara Webber, Jenny and Gitte with Totallybookedblog.com, Tina Reber, Tracey Garvis-Graves, Abbi Glines, Karly Blakemore-Mowle, Autumn with Autumnreview.com, Madison with Madisonsays.com, Molly Harper with Toughcriticbookreviews.com, Rebecca Donovan, Sarah Ross, Lisa Kane, Gloria Green, Cheri Lambert, Trisha Rai, Katy Perez, Stephanie Cohen and Tonya Killian for taking the time to give me such detailed, incredibly helpful feedback. I know I annoyed the living hell out of most of you for the entire month of December, so thank you for putting up with my many, many, many “updated” files.
    And ERMAGHERD! I can’t thank you enough, Sarah Augustus Hansen. Not only for making me the most beautiful cover ever, but for granting my requests for millions of changes, only to end up going with your original suggestion. Your patience with me knows no bounds. For that, I’m declaring Holder yours. Okay.
    For my husband who insists he be listed in the acknowledgments of this book for suggesting that one word which helped me finish that one sentence in that one paragraph in that one scene. Without that word (it was floodgates , people) I don’t think this book would have been completed. <<< He requested I say that. But in a way he’s right. Without the one word he suggested, the book more than likely would have moved along just fine. But without his support, enthusiasm and encouragement, I could have never written a single word at all.
    For my family (namely Lin, because she needs me more than anyone else.) I don’t really remember what everyone looks like and I’m having a hard time recalling most of your names, but now that this book is complete I vow to answer your phone calls, respond to your texts, look you in the eyes when you speak to me (rather than gazing off into the land of fiction), come to bed before four in the morning and never, ever check an email while I’m on the phone with you again. Until I start writing my next book, anyway.
    And for the three best children in the whole wide world. I miss the living hell out of y’all. And yes, boys. Mommy just cussed. Again.

Writer. Mother. Ninja. Wife. Avett Fanatic. Hardcore Realist.

    For information on Colleen and her books visit:

    http://colleenhoover.com/

    Colleen is the author of two New York Times bestsellers.

    SLAMMED

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Falling in love can feel like poetry. Or it can feel like a slam to the heart.
    Colleen Hoover’s romantic, emotion-packed debut novel unforgettably captures all the magic and confusion of first love, as two young people forge an unlikely bond before discovering that fate has other plans for them.
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