Acknowledgments

IF AUTHORS ARE office-dwelling creatures who court their muses —or at least their coffeemakers —in yoga pants, then novels are their high-maintenance progeny who need entire teams of specialists before they can meet their public.

This book’s specialists are even more special than most. I owe a great debt of thanks to: my Tyndale #dreamteam, Karen Watson, Jan Stob, Sarah Rische, Amanda Woods, Elizabeth Jackson, Andrea Garcia, Mark Lane, Danika King, and the Tyndale sales team whose enthusiasm is so crucial to the success of a book; my ever-wise and humorous agent, Steve Laube; my personal circle of awesome, who get a mention every time because they’ve stood by me with every twist and turn of this business, Evangeline Denmark, Brandy Vallance, Amber Lynn Perry, and Lori Twichell; my fearless assistant and de facto publicist, Audra Jennings, who didn’t roll her eyes too hard every time I had a last-minute request; and my family, Rey, Nathan, Preston, Mom, and Dad, who would be proud of me if I never wrote another story . . . that’s the kind of love that lets me write these books. Lastly, my gratitude goes to my gracious heavenly Father, who chose to give me the desires of my heart even as He uses them to mold me into the person He wants me to be.