As before, my extreme gratitude to Monica Burns for the assortment of Gaelic and Scots dialect, both insults and endearments. They saved me time and inspired ideas I’d never have had without them. And to Phyllis Radford, editor of my heart, who reminds me that emotion is part of romance, and Mindy Klasky, beta reader extraordinaire, without whom conflict would never happen.
Creating a book is like raising children—it requires a village. I have been blessed with an assortment of friends, family, and fellow writers who understand when I stop and stare blankly at a particularly interesting building or ask what it feels like to fear heights. And blessed as I am, they help me in all the technical ways that would defeat me otherwise!