I would like to thank Tracy Brennan, my agent, and the team at HarperImpulse, in particular Charlotte Ledger and Kimberley Young for their belief in both me and Beyond Grace's Rainbow. I feel privileged to have you on my team. I would also like to thank my talented fellow authors at HarperImpulse for the wonderful welcome and for reminding me how much I love to read.

Thank you to my family both O’Gradys and Harringtons for every word of encouragement you have given me since I began this writing journey - my parents Tina and Michael, my siblings and inlaws Fiona & Michael, Michelle & Anthony, John & Fiona, Adrienne & George, Evelyn & Seamus, Leah and my mother-in-law Evelyn Harrington and all the nieces and nephews.

I’d also like to thank my aunt & uncle and wonderful godparents, Ann & Nigel Payne, who might live a long way away from me, but have always been there for me whenever I needed them.

To all my friends both old and new, thank you for the gossipy chats and giggles, cups of coffees, glasses of wine and unrelenting support with a special thank you to Ann Murphy (my person).

To every reader, fan, book reviewer and friend who has ever shared, tweeted, liked or reviewed Beyond Grace's Rainbow, I will always be grateful. You all played a role in helping me go from self published to published author. Tanya Farrell, my writing confidante, you officially rock and to the gang in my writers' group, Imagine, Write, Inspire - keep dreaming.

Lastly thank you to all my H’s, my beloved children Amelia and Nate and my stepdaughter Eva, you guys are my everything, my Happy Ever After. Roger, aka Mr H, know this - without your unfaltering love and belief in me, I could not do this, would not want to do this. So this is for you.

Carmel

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