I say it with every book release, but there are always so many people to thank for making this happen. The Tule team is just amazing. I’m still beyond thrilled to have this opportunity to create my stories. I can’t thank Jane, Meghan, Cyndi, and Mia enough. Kelly and Ciela, thank you, too.
To my editors, I am deeply indebted. Roxanne, you’re a delight. You make me dig deep and I have learned so much from you. I value your opinion and bow to your experience. You have helped so much with bettering my stories and strengthening my characters. Helena, my copy editor, is terrific at historical fact-checking even though I do a lot of research, she has found errors. Same with catching me on the different Canadian/US spelling, or my incorrectly spelled character names from previous books. Marlene, I’m always stunned at the typos you catch even after several rounds of editing. You’re so supportive of my stories, too. So thank you.
I’d also like to give a shout out to Christian at Covers by Christian Artwork. This is my third series he’s created covers for. I’ve loved them all, but he’s really outdone himself with this one. They’re fantastic. Thanks also to Lee who is the go-between with Christian, Tule and me. I’m sure it’s a challenge to get it all sorted through, but you make it seem easy.
I’d like to thank Tyler who continues to work on my website.
To my family, Mark, my daughters, son-in-law and grandchildren, you sometimes take a backseat with the amount of time I spend writing, but you are loved and appreciated beyond measure. My pets, too, probably feel like they have to fight for my attention, but they give me the necessary breaks to clear my mind and move my aging, often too sedentary, body.
Thank you to my friends for understanding how taxing it is to spend so much time writing, but for also knowing how I love to get lost in my stories.
Last, but definitely not least, I’d like to thank my readers who continue to support and encourage me. I especially love it when you tell me you’ve laughed out loud or cried when you read my books. That’s such a wonderful compliment. I appreciate the readers who are great at doing reviews. Those and word of mouth are the lifeblood of taking an author’s writing career to the next level. So I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Lots of Love,
Leigh Ann