You’ve all made this book not only readable but also far, far better than I could make it by myself.Īnd a very special thanks to my Facebook friend Galia B., who helped me name Tansy! Thank you to the editorial department and the sales department and all the people who work at Grand Central Publishing who I never see except at rushed cocktail parties in New York. Thank you to the art department team, who work hard on the covers of my books (particularly this one): Alan Ayers and Elizabeth Turner. Kleinman, for keeping me from embarrassment.

Thank you to my assistant, Mel Jolly, who keeps me from going insane, OMG. Thank you to my agent, Robin Rue, who sends me little emails when she hasn’t heard from me in a while just to see how I’m doing. Thank you to my beta reader, Susannah Taylor, who has both cheered me on and, perhaps more important, told me what really bugged her in the first draft. Thank you, then, to my editor Amy Pierpont, who has never flinched at one of my proposals-not even the one about the psychotic duke-and has been patient, kind, and perceptive all at the right times. It’s true that the ideas, the characters, and the first draft are all mine, but after that I have a lot of help. The publisher is not responsible for websites (or their content) that are not owned by the publisher.

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. The moral right of the author has been asserted.Įxcerpt from Duke of Pleasure copyright © 2016 by Nancy M. You can write to her at: PO Box 19495, Minneapolis, MN 55419 or email her at: Elizabeth Hoyt Elizabeth HoytĪll characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. The winters in Minnesota have been known to be long and cold and Elizabeth is always thrilled to receive reader mail. Publishers Weekly has called her writing ‘mesmerizing.’ She also pens deliciously fun contemporary romances under the name Julia Harper.Įlizabeth lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with three untrained dogs, a garden in constant need of weeding, and the long-suffering Mr. Elizabeth Hoyt is the New York Times bestselling author of more than seventeen lush historical romances including the Maiden Lane series.

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