“Appreciate good people. They are hard to come by.”
- Unknown
I am blessed beyond belief to have such great people to work with and cheer me on. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
To the Shenandoah Valley Writers Critique Group for their support and suggestions, as always.
To beta readers Phyllis A. Duncan, Josette Keelor, Annette Will, and Helen Wirka for their wonderful feedback.
To Kary Phillips, for her brilliant editing and proofing skills. And her affection for the Marquess of Emerlin.
To my amazing editor, Tessa Shapcott, who takes my messy slab of clay and helps me fashion something beautiful (or at least readable!) out of it.
To Joy Lankshear of Lankshear Design, for this gorgeous book cover. I could stare at it all day.
To Emily June Street, for working her formatting magic – she is a wizard, y’all!
To RWA’s Beau Monde, for constantly offering helpful answers to my many naïve questions. I quest to get it right, but of course any errors remain my own.
To my kids, for putting up with mom working—again.
And to Brett. Because “you gave me you. You gave me love. You gave me the power and freedom to make my own choices. And that’s all I ever want.”