Many thanks to Tim Millen, Gail McConnell, Jude Sharvin, Jill Olson, Glenn Jordan, Paul Speirs and Amy Knight, Elliot Ross, Pete Rollins, Ben Behzadafshar; and especially Susan Davey, who always believed.
Also to Ursula Doyle and Ailah Ahmed at Fleet, for patience and encouragement and sharp editing; Denise Shannon; Lauren Wein and the team at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; and my agent Nicola Barr at The Bent Agency, who made mountains out of molehills, and to whom I am endlessly grateful.