With this fourth book of the Rule Breakers series, I can take a breath and consider the past year and a half that I’ve had the pleasure of working with Random House-Loveswept. My thanks go out to my agent, Alexandra Machinist, for helping to shepherd my debut as a contemporary romance author. And to Sarah Murphy, assistant editor, for her insightful comments and suggestions to help improve these stories, as well as her tireless patience with my many (many!) questions. But most of all, I owe a sincere debt of gratitude to my editor, Shauna Summers. I’ve learned more than I would have ever imagined possible about writing contemporary romance over these past four books, and I will always be grateful for her guidance.