Acknowledgments

As always, first thanks to my husband, and the thugs (BFS), my favorite ‘usual suspects’. For all the many read-throughs, well placed commentary, and flat out ass kicking. You’ll notice, this one cost me way less in ‘failure-to-produce’ fines, even with two endings.

Special thanks to A.F.K. for the help with building, land, and real estate related research. You can field a crazy email barrage with the best of them, and the ideas you passed on helped plant seeds for the follow up, A Murderous Affair.

Big props to The Surgeon, my favorite beta reader (and a very missed crit partner). You are brutal, but the story came out ahead, and that’s what counts. Now hang up the beta reader hat and get back to writing.

Huge shout out to my brilliant cover artist and content formatter, Glendon Haddix of Streetlight Graphics (www.streetlightgraphics.com). Without his skill, patience, excellent service and sheer endurance, this story would have never seen the light of digitally produced day.

Last, thanks to freelance editor Ann LaFarge (formerly of Kensington), who’s fifteen years experience with the romance industry and professionalism came in handy.