Emily McKee - A Beautiful Mess

Rubbing my thumb across her cheek I said, “Believe it.”

After getting congratulations from everybody Garrett and Janie handed us back our kids. I had an arm wrapped around Ash as I looked down at her and she looked up at me and then we saw a flash go off. We looked over and saw Jade had taken a picture of us. Wiping her eyes she said, “You guys just looked so beautiful.”

Smiling I looked back at Ashlynn, Jaylin, and Bennett. For the life of me I couldn’t get the huge smile off my face because I never thought I would be here. I never thought on the drive up to school my freshman year of college that my life would change so drastically. I never thought I would meet a girl who would completely change my world and make me question everything. I never thought in a million years I would ever find it in my heart to forgive my dad or fall in love with my best friend. I never thought I could have what I have right now: my soon to be wife, our son Bennett and our daughter Jaylin … a family.

Ashlynn once told me that she was the beautiful to my mess and even to this day that still stands. Through the hardships and the struggles, through the love and the laughter together Ashlynn and I made a beautiful mess.

The End

Jade Williams has been a walking mistake since the day she was born. Picking the wrong friends. Picking the wrong boyfriend. She also thought it was a mistake when she allowed her brother’s sexy old roommate, Neil, to move in with her.

Neil James is a walking contradiction. He has piercings and looks like a bad-boy rebel, but he also stutters through his words and blushes whenever he talks to Jade.

His whole life Neil has seen the effects of what can happen if you make a mistake. He’s seen the damage it has caused and the outcomes because of those mistakes. Learning from others’ actions he decided to make a promise to himself and has kept that promise. Up until, he met Jade and moved in with her.

When a secret unravels Jade questions what exactly is going on in their relationship. Will this be yet another terrible mistake made on Jade’s part or can Neil repair the pieces to Jade’s past and give her a beautiful future?

I have to first start off by saying thank you to all of the readers. I am truly humbled and grateful by this rollercoaster of a life I now have. I feel like I’m on Cloud 9 or that I’m asleep and having the best dream ever. If so, I never want to wake up. I never thought a year ago I would be writing books, finishing those books and publishing those books. And I wonder what I’ll be doing next year? I guess only time will tell.

Christina, Sandra and Jess: Thank you for reading A Beautiful Mess before I sent it into editing and giving me critiques and words of wisdom. I’m so thankful to have made three new friends through this process. ☺

Alessandra Torre: My life is truly indebted to you. I’m so thankful you answered my email the first time around. You are no longer my mentor in a sense, but now a friend I can ask questions to and rely on for help. You made this process so much easier for me and I’m so grateful for you to have entered my life.

Stephanie T. Lott: Thank you for editing my second book! I know the first was hard to edit and I can only imagine all of the grammatical errors in this one.

Claudia McKinney of Phatpuppy Art and Ashley The Bookish Brunette: Once again thank you for making such a beautiful book cover for me!

Deena Rae: Thank you for formatting my book and making it all come together in the end.

Mom and Jared: Thank you for dealing with me talking about my books and characters all of the time. Thanks for letting me talk to you about my ideas and for only sometimes saying, “Oh my god I don’t care.” I love you two so much.

Josh: Words can’t describe just how grateful I am to have you in my life. Thank you for not getting mad when I forget to answer your texts because I’m lost in the books I’m writing or when my phone is going off constantly from text messages or emails when I’m snuggling up on the couch with you. You truly have changed my life for the better and I can’t wait to see what the future has in store for us. I love you goober, mmmwah!

And last but certainly not least, to everyone who has read either or both of my books. Thank you for taking precious time from your daily lives of school, work, kids, to escape for just a few hours to read my books. I never thought my life would consist of writing books and people actually reading them! I’m truly astonished by this writing process and I am at a loss for words to describe just how grateful I am for all of you, which is funny because I write books now!

XoXo, Emily!

When I’m not writing Happily Ever After’s I’m reading about them and living one. I think this world is filled with too much sadness already that we don’t need to read about it as well. I write because I love it and I’ve allowed my imagination to run wild and be crazy and free.

Interesting Facts:

1) I love roller coasters.

2) I have twelve piercings, but I really want a tattoo.

3) I’m terrified of clowns.

4) I have a huge obsession with purses.

5) I’m addicted to Swedish Fish.

Contact Emily

Goodreads: goodreads.com/author/show/7079840.Emily_McKee

Twitter: @EmilyMcKee1206

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Emily-McKee/1411551212390451

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