Thank you, as always, to the team at HQ Digital. Special thanks to my editor, Charlotte Mursell, who pushed me to create a much superior book than the one that initially landed in her inbox back in September. I may have wanted to burn my laptop at times, but all the hard work was worth it!

Thank you to my family, who have been so supportive of my writing. Sharing my excitement when The Little Bed & Breakfast by the Sea was published as a paperback was amazing, and all your posts and photos on social media really helped to spread the word (plus, I loved seeing them, obviously). Special thanks to my mum, June, for always asking about my writing and cheerleading me as deadlines loom. Also to Beth Cahill, for the alternatives to swears.

Humongous thanks to Chris, Rianne and Isobel. For everything. I can’t remember if I ever told Chris that I nabbed his story about seeing someone washing their feet in a public sink, but I have, so thanks for that too.

Finally, thank you to the readers (including all the amazing bloggers out there, who do an amazing job of spreading the word for writers like me. They don’t get enough thanks). Thank you for choosing my little book and making my dreams come true.