Acknowledgments

I wish I could remember who sent me the link to the Bad Taxidermy website that inspired aspects of this book–inspiration comes from the most unusual places. Whoever you are, thank you!

Huge thanks to both Liz Pelletier and Heather Howland for helping me to bring this story and these characters to life. Your editorial input and the push you gave me to keep digging into the emotion is what made me love this book so much.

I must thank the team at Entangled for being a great group to work with. Thanks to Hannah for your incredible attention to detail during copy edits. Thanks also to Jessica, Holly, and Katie for always being super friendly and responsive.

Thank you to my incredible agent, Jill Marsal, for always keeping me on track and for helping me grow my career. And to all my writer friends, especially Taryn. Our Skype sessions and FB messaging marathons really keep me going when the words get tough.

As always, thank you to my husband for who supports me endlessly by brainstorming ways to torture my characters, helping me wade through plot holes and listening to me whinge whenever I hit the “I hate this book” part of the editing process.

Lastly, thank you to my coffee machine. Without you, I would not function.