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Acknowledgments

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Huge thanks to my agent Andrea Somberg who saw this project and believed in it and me. My editor Shannon Combs was careful, attentive and full of ideas. Thank you.

I am especially grateful to Alice for her key insights and suggestions. Alison B. and Nora Metzger also read earlier drafts and gave me that first taste of making readers smile. The power has completely gone to my head. Balaka Basu read the beginning and pointed me in the right direction. J. Lee, Sean Austin, Constance Colline, Sam Fields, Liz, and Ali provided support and encouragement from near and far. Lastly, thank you to Robert, who really is my inspiration, my sounding board, and my own above all.

It was a big decision to leave the path I was on and start writing my very first romance. But I’m glad I did the scary thing and followed my heart

This book is for all those whose eyes lit up when I explained what I was working on. May we all love what we do.