Acknowledgments

Special thanks to Cat Clyne, Laura Costello, Rachel Gilmer, and the Sourcebooks team for their unflagging dedication to making the Love Games series shine. I appreciate your willingness to share your expertise and your continued enthusiasm for these characters. I’m so happy to be a part of the Sourcebooks family!

Thanks to my agent, Sara Megibow, for her encouragement, support, and exclamation points. Your passion for what you do is as infectious as your smile.

I want to give a shout-out to my Super Cool Party People, DSRA Diamonds, and the assemblage of awesome authors and rad readers I’ve collected over the years. I have the most fabulous friends, everybody says so.

I could not do what I do without my critique partner, Julie Doner. She’s my best bud, pesky little sister, and everyday inspiration. She keeps me motivated and curbs my comma abuse, all while working for peanuts. Literally. The PayDay bars are in the mail.

As the youngest of seven, I learned early what the phrase “No blood, no foul” meant. I like to think that early training toughened me up, but I admit to being a bit of a softy where my family is concerned. I mostly forgive you for the scrapes and scars.

And last but not least, thanks to Bill, the man who makes me feel like a champion every single day.