Neither sun nor rain nor sinus infection and double ear infection from hell (seriously, it was bad) was going to keep me from bringing you Athena’s story…but I absolutely had some help in limping over the finish line.
To my tolerant family, who put up with my I-missed-my-deadline freak out,
To my dear friend Tawna, who cheerfully asked me daily when she got to read it,
To the Squee Squad, for your enthusiastic support of my work and letting me know it was okay if I had to do something radical like take two weeks of sick time away from my book,
And a very special kowtow to my editor, Susan Bischoff, for squeezing me in during her own holiday crazy so I could bring this book to you complete and on time.