Love, in English

Of course, it wasn’t always rainbows and butterflies for this author. I cried a lot, suffering with my characters, finding myself thrown into fits of despair and afraid to continue on. I also freaked out a lot, lamenting to my tireless beta readers that I didn’t know what I was doing, that my first romance would be a failure, that it was boring, or people wouldn’t co

Time and time again they talked me off the ledge. And they weren’t the only ones. So really, for this book I have to thank all the people who assured me I was doing okay, that encouraged me to keep going, that believed in the book and in me and loved the both of us.

In no particular order: My LIE support group – Kayla, Laura, Ali, Nina, Lucia, Shawna. My LIE betas – Barbie Bohrman, Claribel Contreras, Megan Simpson, Hang Le, Christine Estevez, Lisa Chamberlin, Sandra Cortez. All them whores (you know who you are). My Awesome Authors for their invaluable feedback: K. A. Tucker, Nicole Jacqueline, Kathryn Perez, SL Scott, Elle Chardou, Lauren Blakely, Renee Carlino. Gif-making genius – Dorota Wrobel. My amazing cover designer – Najla Qamber. My maid of honor – Kelly St-Laurent. My Gal Fridays – Stephanie Brown and Chasity Jenkins. My editor extraordinaire – Kara Malinczak. My biggest fan – Scott MacKenzie. And my second biggest fan – Bruce.

Thank you for the encouragement!

About the Author

With her USA Today bestselling The Artists Trilogy published by Grand Central Publishing, numerous foreign publication deals, and self-publishing success with her Experiment in Terror series, Vancouver-born Karina Halle is a true example of the term “Hybrid Author.” Though her books showcase her love of all things dark, sexy and edgy, she’s a closet romantic at heart and strives to give her characters a HEA…whenever possible.

Karina holds a screenwriting degree from Vancouver Film School and a Bachelor of Journalism from TRU. Her travel writing, music reviews/interviews and photography have appeared in publications such as Consequence of Sound, Mxdwn and GoNomad Travel Guides. She currently lives on an island on the coast of British Columbia where she’s preparing for the zombie apocalypse with her fiance and rescue pup.