The imaginary Laura Gayle thanks the very real authors, Shannon Page and Karen G. Berry, for letting her romp through a second Orcas book—with more to come. No one writes in a vacuum. Love and encouragement are only part of the support given by Mark and Tony, who tolerate the near-constant presence of laptops, notebooks, and abandoned cups of coffee brewed too early on weekend mornings.
Shannon and Karen wish to say thanks, again, to all the folks who helped with book one for their help on this sequel: proofing, editing, recipes, modeling, and more. For book two, they want to add thanks for the publication Orcas Issues: News and Views, most specifically for the weekly “Sheriff’s Report” compilation. Not that anything in these books comes from real life. Of course not.