DEDICATION

The first book in The Happenstances … series is dedicated to my wife Ashlea, my son Christian, and my friends and family who support my writing.

This book, the second in The Happenstances … series, is dedicated to everyone who has read the first book. If you love the characters of Yellow County half as much as I do, you’re going to have some fun reading this story.

And also to my younger son, Calvin, who didn’t make the cut the first time around. A good bit of this book was written during the months leading up to and right after he was born. I would put him in the baby carrier and stand at my desk and write while Ash would put Christian to bed or do chores or take some time for herself after a long day of being a little baby’s mommy—one of the harder gigs out there, if you ask me.

So anyway, Cal Cal, I love you. Christian, you’re my little big guy. Ash, thank you. (Summer, you know you’re my favorite, but don’t tell anyone.)