Acknowledgments

Thank you to my friends and family, especially my husband, Graham, and my parents, Gerry and Catherine, for your ongoing support and love. I think it’s important to note that while these books have featured some pretty horrific examples of parenting, none of those examples bear any resemblance to my own parents, who are wonderful and awesome. I’d also like to thank my fantastic critique partners, Harper St. George and Erin Moore. You ladies are wonderful, and I’d be lost without you. Thank you to Julie B. for beta reading a draft of this book. Your feedback was so helpful (G loop!).

Thank you to my editor, Alex Logan, for all your hard work on this book. Thank you as well to my HPL coworkers Stacy, Gina, Joe, and Janette. I’m lucky to work with such wonderful people.

Writing is a solitary profession, and I feel very fortunate to have found a wonderful group of writer friends who get my crazy. Thank you to Shannon Richard, Nicki Pau Preto (my bae), Morgan Rhodes, Juliana Stone, Molly O’Keefe, Maureen McGowan, Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen, Kelly Siskind, Amanda Heger, Jessica Lemmon, Eve Silver, Elly Blake, Samantha Joyce, Elle Wright, Rachel Lacey, Colleen Halverson, Heather Van Fleet, and Anise Eden. There are probably more, and I’m sorry if there are any names I’ve forgotten. Chalk it up to deadline brain and know that if you’ve supported me or cheered me on in any way, I’m grateful.

Finally, and most importantly, thank you to my readers! I wouldn’t be doing this without you.

Special shout-outs: wine (always), Sarah Younger, my puppy Schroeder, the gratuitous shirtlessness of MMA, and Nick Bateman.