Most readers are familiar with basic MC culture at this point, although as someone who has researched extensively, I think there are still significant misconceptions. Times have changed now, and MC romance has become a popular subgenre. At the time I wished that I’d included an author’s note explaining my research, so that people would understand why I’d written the book and how it’d come about. Some even wrote to tell me that the words used were ridiculous, and that it was over the top and crazy. More than one person questioned whether I’d made up the elements of MC cultures portrayed in the book up. At the time, few readers were familiar with MC culture. When Reaper’s Property was originally published in January, 2013, it was one of the first motorcycle club romances to reach a widespread romance reader audience. You ladies are incredible and amazing, and I’m so thankful to have you in my posse.

Margarita, Danielle, Kandace, Jessica, Hang Le, Tina Gephart and the queen of squirrels herself, Cara Carnes. Thank you for believing in me and supporting me.įinally, thanks to those who made publication of this edition possible. You read this book and shared it with your friends, and you seemed to take building my success very personally. You were my reading community and you inspired me to start writing again. Thanks also to everyone on Maryse’s Book Blog page.

Thanks also to Paige, who was the first one to share the book with Maryse, the woman who truly launched my career. It was the day before Thanksgiving, November 2012, and to say I was shocked and thrilled to get her email later that night is something of an understatement. Thanks to Raelene Gorlinsky, who read Reaper’s Property the same night I sent it to her. Please be kind if I did! Remember, I have the memory of a lady bug… I’m always terrified that I’ll forget someone important.

There are many people who helped launch this book, both the first edition and also this second, independently published version. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.įor Margarita Coale, who worked tirelessly to make independent publication of this book possible.

Reaper's Property by Joanna Wylde