ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thank you, first and foremost, to my wonderful editor Shauna Summers, for patience and guidance, for championing my books from the very beginning (and I mean day one, thirteen years ago in the slush pile!), and for continuing to shape me into a better writer each time we talk about my work.

Thanks also to my fantastic literary agent Karen Solem, for counsel and encouragement, for deft management of all the details that would otherwise make me crazy, and for believing in me and my career at a time when I had needed it the most.

To the rest of my publishing colleagues, both in the United States and abroad, thank you so much for the care, attention, and support you give my books. It’s a privilege to have you all in my corner.

To my assistant and friend, Heather Rogers, a growing debt of thanks for undertaking the challenge of keeping me organized while also ensuring that there is always something fun and creative going on at my Website or Facebook community.

And to my husband, John, for more than I could ever adequately express in words or on the page. Everything, always, because of you.