Acknowledgments

Well, it took me eight books, but I finally found the characters who let me use their story to write a love letter to romance. Thank you, Annie and Wes, for showing us that love can conquer all and that happy endings are just the beginning.

Thanks to my agent, Courtney Miller-Callihan, for always being in my corner and for championing my ideas no matter how many shiny new ones I email you.

Karen Grove, you pushed me to turn an idea with potential into a story with real heart—and plenty of heat. Wes truly thanks you for the latter—especially in that wedding chapter.

Lia Riley, Megan Erickson, Natalie Blitt, Jennifer Blackwood, and Chanel Cleeton, I don’t know what I’d do without our daily chats. You are my sanity keepers, my plot whisperers, and the most talented writers I know. I’m grateful to call you my friends. AWKWARD GROUP HUG.

Special thanks to Our So-Called Group and Kingston Ale House group members. Your support and daily shenanigans are the best.

Thank you to my Hideaway girls. Your guidance, advice, and Tingle-esque title contests mean more to me than you can imagine.

To all my readers, I am forever grateful that you let me keep doing this thing I love to do—making new stories.

And always, the biggest thanks go to S and C, for loving me infinity even when I’m frazzled, on deadline, and go for days without the laptop closed. You are my true heroes, and I love you most.