My heart is always so full when I write acknowledgments because it reminds me just how many people helped me get to this place and how grateful I am to be here. Thank you, Kimberly Brower, my amazing agent, for all your wisdom, guidance and support. I still can’t believe how lucky I am to have you in my corner. To my editors, Dana and Leah, thank you for your guidance and support—especially during the revision process. Luc and Rose’s journey was made infinitely more exciting, angsty and fulfilling because of your influence. And thank you, Marissa, for all the hard work doing PR for me and the books.
My family—mom, dad, Alan, Ken, Sonia, Lisa, Kelly, Tim, Max and Zoe—thank you for always being there for me even when we’re thousands of miles apart. Merci to my amazing French Canadian in-laws. I’m so lucky Jack came with such a big, rowdy, loving bunch. Go Habs! Thank you, Jack, for supporting not only my writing but my passion for hockey, even when it means watching Canucks games.
To my beta readers Slim, Pheebs, Sarah, Crystal R. and Jen K., your support and enthusiasm keeps me going. To UCLA Extension, in particular Linda and Sally, thanks for being so supportive of my writing career. Crissy, thank you for helping me kill Damien the hamster whenever he hops on his wheel (note to PETA: it’s a metaphor; no actual hamsters have been killed). Mike H, thank you for always emailing me about shoelaces when I’m stressed or worried. There’s nothing better than a twenty-five-year-old inside joke to take the edge off.
Last but not least to you—the reader, the book blogger, the ARC reviewer, the hockey romance fan—who read One More Shot and liked it enough to pick up Making a Play, thank you so much.