Thank you to my partner in crime, Caitlin Hensel, who took this journey with me and inspired me through her work, our midnight writing sprints, and her sage advice that shaped this book in so many ways.
Thank you to Timons Esais, Rebecca Drake, Nicole Peeler, Michael Arnzen, and many other faculty members of Seton Hill University’s Writing Popular Fiction Program for working with me to take this idea and develop it into story that is not only comprehensible, but one that I couldn’t have told without them.
Thank you to the many writers, friends, and family members for their guidance, support, and inspiration along the way, including, but not limited to, Sara Tantlinger, George Galuschak, Jesse Byrnes, Marisa Balatico, and Joe Lewis.
Thank you to Elizabeth Coldwell and NineStar Press for taking a chance on this story and sharing it with their readers.