Hey everyone, it's Shawna from the Dirty Diana podcast.

Jen and I are so excited that the Dirty Diana novel, the first in a trilogy, will be out in the world soon.

Inspired by the success of the podcast, thanks all to you, our amazing listeners, the novel dives even deeper into Diana's world, introducing brand new stories from Diana's origin story, her wild days

and her 20s, and boy, are they wild, the love story that set her on this journey, and a closer

look at one of the most complex marriages in podcast history. With the novel's release, we also had the

chance to put together a full cast audiobook version, and we know you audiophiles are going to love it. As a special gift, we also had the chance to put together a full cast audiobook version, and we know you

audio files are going to love it. As a special gift, we wanted you to be the first to hear

chapter one from the audiobook. Check the show notes for a link to order the book in any format,

available wherever books and audiobooks are sold, November 19th. Thank you so much for being with us on this journey.

Dallas, Texas. Now. Chapter 1. There's a room in our house that we rarely set foot in.

It's the third of three bedrooms, small and perfectly square, the room no one sleeps in.

It's also the only room that still has carpet.

Thick, creamy, white pile laid down by the previous owners.

Oliver and I have come here searching for wrapping paper,

just enough to wrap the small plastic mermaid he and our daughter, Emmy,

bought for her best friend's birthday.

They would have wrapped it for you at the store, I say.

I can't help it.

For free.

He glances toward the overstuffed closet.

We had to high-tail it out of there before Emmy swiped anything. Oliver,

I laugh. That was one time, almost a year

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