To my brilliant editor, Victoria Oundjian for the incredible support and time she has given in helping me bring Hope Street to life – I can’t thank you enough.
Thank you to Jennifer Krebs for her amazing marketing ideas and work on this campaign – you are a marvel.
Huge thanks to the rest of Team HQ for your passion, enthusiasm and endless support. Special thanks to Lydia Mason for her fantastic revision notes.
Extra-large thanks to my fellow writers, who offer advice and show an incredible generosity of spirit – particularly the super-talented HQ authors past and present and all the friendly, brilliant people I’ve met through the RNA – you have helped me in ways you probably don’t even realise.
To the wonderful bloggers, who read, review and enthuse all for the love of books – your comments and support mean the world to me.
Thank you to my best book buddies – Sarah Livingston, Helen Abbott and Chris Goodman – for advice, wisdom and kindness.
Thanks to Jane Bobbin for letting me use her lovely boy’s name for the super-hero character in Natalie’s books.
Extra special singing-from-the-heart thanks to Kari Olsen-Porthouse for starting the choir, which inspired this book, and for reading and checking the musical details for me. Perfect harmony-type thanks to the Churchfields Community Choir for all their support and cake because everyone knows that a good choir needs cake.
Finally, thanks and love to Lily, Alfie and Rich for everything else.
One of the characters in this book suffers from dementia, which I know affects a lot of families, mine included. If you or people you know are affected by this debilitating illness or if you would like more information about how to support people who suffer from it, please visit www.dementiauk.org/