ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

As always, I am hugely indebted to Melanie G. Howe for her insightful critiques of every draft along the way and her patient participation in endless discussions of character, plot, themes, the importance of cow poo in the story ... somehow she always knew exactly what to provide, whether it was a word of reassurance or a much-needed dose of common sense!

Thank you to my wonderful team of beta readers: Anastasia Tureson, Emily Sharapan, Kaitlyn Egan, Leni Schrader, Mackenzie Peña-Martinez, Margeaux Denning-Duke, Mark & Marjie McDonald, Catherine McArdle, Kate Ice, Robin Trott and the students at Glacial Hills Elementary School, Starbuck, MN, USA—their feedback and insights played a big role in helping me refine the book. Merci beaucoup to Anaïs Gotkovsky for her help in checking the French phrases throughout the book.

A very special thanks goes to my friends and the followers of my blog & Facebook page who have provided so much enthusiasm, support and help in spreading the word about my books since I started this adventure as a new author. I feel very lucky to have you as friends.

Many thanks also to Jovanny Lemonad and Roman Yershov for the use of their Molot font in the images of the “paper scraps”, under the 1001Fonts Free For Commercial Use License (FFC).

And finally, to my amazing husband, Paul, for his belief in me and his unwavering support and encouragement – thank you for doing so much to help me follow my dreams. And, of course, to Honey—though she is no longer with us—she continues to inspire me from over the Rainbow Bridge. It is wonderful to think of her living on in these stories and as the silhouette model on the book covers.

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