acknowledgments
Thanks to my agent, Elizabeth Kaplan, editor Jessica Wade, publicist Caitlin Brown and all the lovely people at Berkley JAM. Special thanks to illustrator Sarah Howell and designer Monica Benalcazar for yet another magically eye-catching cover.
Many thanks to the readers of this series! You are a hilarious bunch of incurable romantics, and your e-mails always brighten my day.
And remember, you don’t have to be a half-goddess to save the world. I hope each of you will find some way, large or small, to make your own communities a better place to live. Clean up a park, tutor a kid, visit a nursing home or volunteer for a cause you believe in. Maybe you could even run for office! You’ve got my vote.
 
Maryrose Wood
July 21, 2009