First, a huge thank you to Abigail McAden, who called, pitched me a two-sentence premise and then asked if I could come up with an outline. Abby, did I ever tell you I thought you were calling to ask me for the name of one of my authors to write this story? I’m so glad I was wrong and that you were calling to ask me!
An even bigger thank you to my fabulous editor, Lexa Hillyer. Thank you for your superb editorial letter and all your great suggestions. You’ve made this book the best that it can be.
Thanks are also due to my terrific agent, Evan Marshall, who I love gossiping with, and all my wonderful friends and co-workers: Tracy Bernstein (who loves to bash Days of Our Lives as much as I do. Will they ever bring back Steve and Kayla?!), Libba Bray (yes, that Libba Bray, author of A Great and Terrible Beauty and Rebel Angels), Rosanna Chiofalo (who knows what it’s like to be Italian!), Paul Dinas (I miss having you as my boss!), Neven Gravett (aka the Office Cupid), David Korabik (you know you’re my best friend, right?), Kevin O’Brien (who loves good-bad movies as much as I do), Jim Pascale (my best friend from NYU), Elise Donner Smith (you will always be fabulous!), Aldo Palma (computer guru and my best friend from high school) and Justin Hocking, who helps me stay sane from 9 to 5 (and who I know will one day be writing an acknowledgments page of his own).
A big thank you, too, to Doug Mendini, for the champagne in P-Town and the Friday night margaritas in May 2005.