Acknowledgments

 

Thanks to the elite of the McCormick Garden Club for your help making my plot blossom and grow. Special mention goes to Carol Mavity, a dear friend, who faithfully rides to my rescue whether with answers to dumb questions, a coffee cake, or an unscheduled trip to the dump. Joyce Isaacson, it’s been a pleasure to discover a devious mind lurking beneath your kind heart. Mary Ann Beyer, you’re a true gem. Your attention to detail makes me envious. I’m grateful you’re a pack rat. Jean Randall and her assistants (Bet, Barb, Janet, and Pat) at the Friends of the McCormick County Library, have I have told you how much I appreciate your efforts on my behalf? You host the best book signings ever! Sandy Mahoney, RN and First Responder, your experience added verisimilitude. As always, to Bob, husband and friend, for being my sidekick through thick ’n’ thin. I can’t write a book about yards and gardens without thanking our personal Shrub Patrol. Stouffer’s, Montgomery’s, Beyer’s, and Byron, you made our house look like home again.

And last but by no means least, my heartfelt thanks to my superlative agent, Jessica Faust of BookEnds, LLC, and my wonderful editor at New American Library, Sandy Harding, for your unstinting patience, support, and caring. Sometimes words just aren’t enough.