I’d like to take the opportunity to thank those who made this series possible. To my agents Joshua Bilmes and Lisa Rodgers, thanks for your patience and for taking the series in hand, gently guiding it forward. Thanks also to Patrick Disselhorst of JABberwocky for doing the heavy lifting of dealing with my whining about the formatting and cover design. And thanks to my stalwart editor Lydia Youngman for being the biggest fangirl ever! Thanks also to the readers who showed up and stuck with it. And very special thanks, as always, goes to my long-suffering husband Craig, who believes in everything I do.