Acknowledgments

Very few authors make it to The End, let alone through the publishing gauntlet, on their own. They have spouses who support them, friends who cheer them on, fellow writers who help brainstorm and find plot holes, editors who find those dang grammatical errors, first-draft readers who give helpful feedback, and beta readers who look for those final little buggers that make it through all of the other eyeballs.

I am not one of those “very few authors.” I am fortunate to have a lot of people helping me along the way.

Many thanks to the following wonderful helpers for your time, generosity, and kindness:

Sam Lucky and our kids, Beaker and Chicken Noodle.

Jacquie Rogers, Kristy McCaffrey, Diane Garland, Michelle Davison, Amber Holt

Mary Ida Kunkle, Marcia Britton, Margo Taylor, Paul Franklin, Lucinda Nelson, Stephanie Kunkle, Wendy Gildersleeve, Vickie Huskey

Elizabeth M.S. Flynn, Editor

C.S. Kunkle, Illustrator and Cover Artist

Mary Avery, Laura Wollam, Jo Ann Reinhold, Heather Chargualaf, Elaina Boudreaux, Jan Dobbins, Dave Smithwick, Bob Dickerson, Elizabeth Lavasile, Debbie Hawrylyshyn, Brandy Lanfair-Jones, Becky Humphreys, Craig Scott, Melissa Hogan, Rob Grayson.