Acknowledgements

 

I have to thank Jennifer Herrington for making Javi and Maya’s story shine, and my agent, Cate Hart, for her invaluable input.

 

Laurel Simmons, thank you for being hot for Javi. Agnes Blum, Julie Coe, Monica Hogan, and Ann McClellan, thank you for your critiques, pointed questions, and cheerleading. Robin Covington, Kimberly Kincaid, and Avery Flynn – thank you for pointing me to the man candy that inspired Javier Hernandez through Friday Man Wars.

 

Thank you, JCB, for being a friend and for inspiring this story.

 

Thank you to all the family and friends who I blew off to write and edit this story. The characters in my head just couldn’t let me go. I promise to make it up to you.