Acknowledgments

I would first like to thank Don D’Auria and the whole team at Flame Tree Press for seeing the potential in this novel and for all their hard work, making it the best it could be. It was an honor to be able to work with them and I’m grateful for the opportunity.

I wrote this novel during a very difficult time of my life and I’d like to thank the people who helped see me through those very tough times, starting with my parents, who have always supported me even if they wished I wrote in a different genre. Thank you to Laura for giving me a place to live and being a great friend; thank you to Stephen, who helped keep me on the right path; thank you to Carla and Kim for your friendship and support; to J.B. and Stephanie for helping me during some low times; to all my work colleagues who kept pushing me (and paying me, thank God) and to S.H. for helping me believe in myself again.

Lastly, I want to thank my four beautiful children without whom I would surely be lost.