

Leaving the University and moving back to Ypsilanti to become Caulder’s guardian was one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever made…but also one of the best decisions. To top it off, I ended up having to drop my scholarship.

It didn’t help that Vaughn decided to end our two-year relationship on the heels of their death. At the end of 2008, my parent's both passed away unexpectedly, leaving me to raise my little brother all on my own. The last few years have definitely not been in our favor. Prologue January 1st, 2012 "Resolutions" I’m confident 2012 will be our year. And to those who choose to use the internet as a means to compensate for their own insecurities through online bullying, ‘butterfly you.’

With that said, I wish all of my new friends much success.

I would also like to thank Edmund Davis-Quinn for such an inspiring poem about writing, and for giving me the permission to use ‘write poorly’ in this book. It’s a rare thing to meet people who will give so much of themselves and expect nothing in return. I would like to take the time to thank all of them for their feedback, encouragement and overall selflessness. This book is dedicated to everyone who read Slammed and encouraged me to continue telling the story of Layken and Will.Īcknowledgements During the process of publishing Slammed and the development of Point of Retreat, I have been blessed to meet and learn from so many experienced self-published authors online. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. The names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or have been used fictitiously. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the author, except that brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews are permitted. For the first novel, Slammed, visit this link: Point of Retreat Copyright © 2012 Colleen Hoover All rights reserved. Nothing I've read since Point of Retreat has even come close to measuring up.Point of Retreat is the second novel in a two-book series. I could gush about your books all day! I have discovered one downside though. I like hot and steamy as much as anybody but it doesn't take the place of plot and character development. Slammed and Point of Retreat proved something I've been thinking as I read book after book in the New Adult genre. So I started it, and Will totally had me at grilled cheese sandwiches :-) Well, I figured it had to be fairly good if it was her "favorite book ever". It's funny how we tend to shy away from the unfamiliar.Ī couple of weeks ago I wasn't sure what to read next and asked a friend on goodreads to recommend something and she said Slammed was her favorite book ever. I then read the synopsis to Slammed and passed. Thanks for the add :) I have to say you are just brilliant! I read Hopeless back in late January and immediately wanted another Colleen Hoover book.
