Acknowledgments

I have to start by thanking Christy Altomare and the Broadway cast of Anastasia. The idea for this series came to me in the middle of Act I, and I spent all of intermission scribbling it down. Their show was extraordinary, and I’ll forever be grateful for the spark it provided!

Thanks to Jessica Alvarez for her unflinching persistence. Thanks to everyone at Entangled for their support of this story that I was desperate to share with the world.

Mary Vaughan single-handedly saved the day by helping me sort out the final twist, so I clearly owe her a night at the Bluebird Cocktail Room. Eliza Knight read the opening chapters and assured me they were more than “okay” and has begged repeatedly for the rest of the book, so I owe her bigtime for the shot of confidence I so desperately needed. And thank you to my Fearsome Foursome, for patiently listening to me vent and worry over all things miniscule to elephantine both writing-related and decidedly not…well…I shall do the same for them. As often as needed!