I am so grateful to my fabulous editor, Sue Grimshaw, and the team at Loveswept for your faith in me; to my terrific and beloved agent Emily Sylvan Kim of Prospect Agency for always having “a minute to brainstorm”; and to the women who accompanied me on this leg of my writerly journey: Amber, Annie, Cheryl, Darya, Ellen, Kris, and Mauri. Special thanks to BellGirl and BellBoy for having been so ridiculously adorable at age four, and to Mr. Bell, who possesses, among many, many lovable traits, an infinite willingness to answer the question “Why?”