Acknowledgments

So much gratitude goes out to my editor, Junessa Viloria, and our whole team at Loveswept, including Gina, Erika, Ashleigh, Matt, Lynn, Evan, and everyone who works with them. It’s an amazing thing to have you all in the dugout with me.

Thank you also to my agent, Holly Root, for making it all work so easily (or at least making it look easy).

Thank you to Ann Christopher, Kristi Cook, Lori Devoti, Caroline Linden, Sally MacKenzie, and Eve Silver for always being there when I need you, and to Maggie McGinnis and Sidney Halston for always making me laugh.

A huge thank you to Elaine Burke, Brian Drewry, Della Halvorson, Shani Rittel, and Dane Sweeney for sharing your knowledge with me on various topics. Not all the information made it into the final book, and what I did use may have been tweaked for the purpose of the story, so any mistakes or errors contained within these pages are mine alone.

To my readers—thank you so very much for not only reading the books, but for connecting with me in all the ways you do. I love hearing from you and hope you never hesitate to drop me a line.

Thanks go to everyone who sent in ideas on what we should name the boats at the Buoys. We received so many awesome suggestions and we appreciate every one. Special thanks to Marcy Maddox and Captain Ron, whose suggestions were the ones we used in the book.

And finally, thank you to Captain Ron and our “three buoys,” Thomas, Michael, and John, who keep me sane. Well…let’s not go crazy. They keep me sane-ish.