Acknowledgments

I feel blessed beyond reason to be writing my fourth book. I’ve loved this journey and without my readers none of this would be possible. Thank you for taking the time to read these words and the latest love story God placed on my heart.

So much love to the Wirt family and the Froehle family. Your endless support has held me up and inspired me to write stories about family and the heart.

To my agent, Dr. Jamie Drowley, thank you for our hour long telephone calls and always being my go-to gal. You are a great encourager with an endless belief in me, which I appreciate so much.

To Kate Brauning, my amazing editor. Kate, I bet you didn’t know what you were getting yourself into when you took me in. We had quite a wonderful ride putting this novel together and I’m so thankful you challenged me. You were everything I needed and this book would not be possible without your trust, support, and being able to see what I could not. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

To Entangled Publishing and the CRUSH line, thank you for choosing me. I’m honored to be part of the Entangled team. You guys have been absolutely phenomenal!

One thing that’s integral to any author’s sanity is having a community and I’ve fallen in love with the writers I’ve met on the road to publication. To Fiona McClaren, Katrina Sincek, Rebecca Yarros, Kelley Harvey, Molly Lee, Nikki Urang, Rachel Scheiffelban, Theresa Marie, Jenny Morris, Suzi Retzlaff, Jenny Bennet, Jessica Salyer, Cassie Mae, Kelley Gerschke, Leigh Covington, and many more, thank you. Thank you for listening. For being in the trenches with me. For your encouragement and ideas. I’ll never be able to thank you enough.

To my dear girlfriends, Katie Stano and Elissa Lucier, thank you for believing I had another story to tell and for cheering me on during every draft I tackled.

Evelyn, Penelope, and Owen, thank you for just being you. For shining and being awesome. You are the reason I do this. I’m called to write and dear little ones, I pray you will listen to your own call when the time comes.

To Greg, the love of my life. You are the best man I know. No one believes in me the way you do. You make being your wife so easy. You are the type of guy that puts book boyfriends to shame. You are my everything and I love you. Thank you for all the times you held down the fort while I wrote, encouraged me when I thought I couldn’t go on, and always being yourself. I’m so proud to be your wife.

And to God, thank you for placing this purpose in my heart and loving me the way you do.