Thank you to Brandi Bowles and the fine folks at Foundry Literary + Media for believing in this project. Pony power!
Thank you to Brandy Rivers and the Gersh Agency for scouting locations for my luxury mansion in Beverly Hills.
Thank you to Renée Sedliar, Lissa Warren, Sean Maher, Kevin Hanover, John Radziewicz, Alex Camlin, and everyone at Da Capo Press and Perseus Books Group.
Thank you to Christine Marra and Marrathon Editorial Production Services for beating the manuscript into shape.
Thank you to Jennifer Sullivan, Hilary Rose, and the entire Tantor Audio team.
Thank you to the talented Allyson Ryan for bringing Anna Steal to life for the audiobook.
Thank you to my beta readers, Tiffany Reisz and Karen Stivali.
Thank you to the thousands of readers who followed this story through the first three chapters back when it was serialized on EvilReads.com as Fifty-one Shades. I wasn’t lying when I said I would sell out, change the characters’ names, and hide from y’all in my brand new McMansion. Good luck getting past my alligator-filled moat!
And, last but not least, thank you to Stephenie Meyer for the inspiration.