My gratitude to the people who make my dream job even more of a pleasure: my delightful, clever editor, May Chen, and wryly brilliant agent, Steven Axelrod; to all the talented, hardworking people at Avon who helped create the book in your hand; to Kim Castillo for priceless (and fun!) assistance; to all the warm and wonderful and passionately opinionated readers who spread the word about books they love; and deepest appreciation to romance booksellers the world over.