Acknowledgments

This books has been a long time coming—7 years, in fact. It’s been through more changes than I can keep track of, and still it’s never left my heart. Thank you to everyone who helped bring this book baby of mine into the world, including:

• Liz Pelletier and the whole crew at Entangled.

• All of the editors who worked tirelessly on the story to improve my very rough diamond into a sparkling gem: Candace Havens, Erin Molta, and Alycia Tornetta

• My critique partners from Seton Hill University—Sherri Flemming and Becky Rae Halsey—who read draft after draft of this story way back in its formative stages and my mentors from the program, who passed it as my thesis project, even though it was far from being ready to publish—Vicki Thompson and Lucy A. Snyder.

• And finally, thanks to all the readers who took a chance on me and this book. Without you, none of this would be possible.

THANK YOU!