ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

My gratitude goes first and foremost to my editor, Esi Sogah, who has the talent of immediately zoning in on the flaws in my manuscripts and tactfully advising me what to do about them. I’m fortunate to have all the professionals at Kensington Publishing behind me. And to Sarah E. Younger, shaking her pom-poms on the sidelines. I recommend that everyone get a literary agent—even if you have no intention of ever writing anything!

 

To Art, thanks for putting up with an absent-minded artist and for being my biggest supporter.

 

Thanks to Chef Elizabeth Robison at Harrisburg Area Community College for welcoming me into her pastry-making class . . . especially, for sharing the delicious results. To Susie and Lizzie at Ciao! Bakery—where the breads for Bricco, Harrisburg’s only DiRoNA, Wine Spectator, and Santé magazine award-winning restaurant, are baked, too—for the baguettes lesson. Pastry Chef Cassandra Callahan, I appreciate you giving your permission.

 

I promised my devoted reader and friend, Kim McLain, I’d put her dog in a book. Kim, give Taylor a pat from me.

 

Last, to my readers, my sincere thanks for your continuing support. Every book you buy, every positive review, is appreciated more than you could possibly know. Stay in touch at HeatherHeyford.com.