ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Debts are owed to many people who made this book better than the author ever could have. Thanks go out to my beta readers, Michael Grenier, Bob Pinsky, and Charlie Roche; my critique partners, Heidi Lynn Anderson and Lloyd A. Meeker; and the literary talents of Traci E. Hall and Christopher Hawke of CommunityAuthors.com. This novel would not have been possible without the vision of John Scognamiglio, my editor at Kensington Books. And, finally, thanks to Alyssa Maxwell and my agent, Evan Marshall, for believing in me.