I’d like to acknowledge the many people who have been involved in the various stages of writing this book over the past two years. Thanks to the wonderful team at Avon Maze/HarperCollins UK, who liked my story enough to pick it as the winner of the We Heart New Talent contest! My big break!
Massive thanks go to my online writing groups, the Flash Forward writers and The Ink Spot for helping me through my early drafts, offering such great suggestions. You are all amazingly talented and supportive women who taught me so much, and encouraged me when I wanted to chuck my manuscript in the bin. I may not have met you all in real life, since we come from all around the world, but I consider you to be true friends. I’m inspired by you all.
To the equally inspiring members of the Romance Writers of Australia, many of whom are also my friends (or just put up with my rampant fan-girling). Without your enthusiasm, expert writing and publishing knowledge, and the annual conference where I’ve soaked up information like a sponge, I’d still be wallowing in rubbish-first-draft land.
A huge shout-out to my face-to-face writing group, the Melbourne Romance Writers Guild. I joined the group after I’d finished the first draft of this novel, but to those who helped me refine it, and then celebrated my success, thank you so much. Especially Michelle Somers. You rock.
Last but not least, thank you Melissa, whose experiences as a flight attendant inspired the idea for this story, although the story is not actually about you. No, really. Except for the part about always looking glamorous.