Acknowledgments

My thanks to Claudia Welch for hours of brainstorming on this story, and for the inspiring Friday afternoons at the coffee shop, writing and talking books.

Thanks to Elaine Luddy Klonicki for beta-reading the manuscript and providing so many excellent insights.

Many thanks to Dave Long and to everyone at Bethany House, including Amy Green and Noelle Chew in the publicity department and my wonderful editor, Jessica Barnes, who always makes my writing better (and shorter!).

Thanks, as always, to my husband, Jim, for tireless support and encouragement, especially at deadline time.