Acknowledgments

A huge thanks to my agent Louise Fury for believing in this book and encouraging me to write it as a single POV. I think it works! Thank you to my editor Stacy Abrams for all the great notes, which a lot of the time are “What is she feeling here?” because feelings aren’t just scary for Annie, they’re scary for me, too!

Thank you so much to Hannah Lindsay for catching my mistakes and to Myshala Liddick for her time and patience with this manuscript. I truly appreciate your perspective, and I am so proud of and grateful for Entangled’s commitment to diversity and sensitivity. Thank you to everyone at Entangled for all of their publishing support. This is always such a wonderful team to work with!

I want to thank, in no particular order, Cathy Downing, Bernie Henry, Karen Alekna, Jackie Dreffein, LuAnn Baker, Jason Reed, Brittany and Jonah Von Spreeken, Mikey Vanlandingham, Brandy Rodgers, Nick Shannon, and Shannon Campbell. They know what they did, and it was spectacular!

Thanks to my dear friend Annie Martinez, who doesn’t realize she helped with this book, but she should know that when I was asked to change the character’s original first name and had to come up with a new moniker for this badass lady, “Annie” came to mind immediately. Many millions of thanks to another dear friend Amy Henning, who so kindly answered my doctor-related questions on this book and who has been so incredibly supportive of me since book one. You are two of my all-time favorite people, and I can’t wait to hang out in person again soon.

Thank you to my family for their patience, always, and to Bucky for being the cutest and best distraction. I love you all!