ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Usually I end up thanking my family near the bottom, but after one of the hardest years we’ve ever had, I need to tell them how much I love and appreciate them. They make me laugh, they boost me up, and everyone pitches in when I get down to the deadline wire. They are the reason I get out of bed every day. (Well, them and the cats, who follow up their cuddles with demands for food.)

At this point, I don’t even have words for the amount of love I have for Rebecca Yarros and Gina L. Maxwell. From our daily running chats to our writing sprints to our late-night phone calls and everything in between. #UHT4EVER.

Thanks to Stacy Abrams, Liz Pelletier, and the entire team at Entangled. Again, this year was extremely difficult for me, and I know that things came down to the wire, so thank you for having my back when I needed to take care of my family and myself. Thanks to Riki Cleveland, the marketing team, Jessica Turner, Katie Clapsadl, Heather Riccio, and everyone else who helps my book get into readers’ hands.

Did I mention it’s been a year? Well, thank goodness I had my rock-star agent, Nicole Resciniti, by my side to help me maneuver the twists of not only this industry but my life. Thank you for the phone calls and the assurances and for the emotional support. I can’t thank you enough for all you’ve done for me.

Miranda Grissom, I was drowning in to-do list items, and you swooped in and took several of them off my plate. Big hugs!

Huge thanks to my readers for supporting my books and sending me messages that keep me going. And thank YOU, dear reader! Whether this is the first book of mine you’ve read or if you’ve read several, I appreciate every time a reader gives one of my novels a chance. And of course I’m extra grateful for repeat offenders. XOXO