First thanks must go to my outstanding editors, Nia Beynon, Genevieve Pegg, Helena Newton and Dushi Horti, who inspired me with their brilliant suggestions, and provided me with excellent edits. Thanks too, to Anna Sikorska for her amazing cover design. I’m in awe of her talent. And huge thanks to everyone at HQ for all their fantastic support.
My acknowledgements wouldn’t be complete without a massive thank you to Hannah Smith for signing me with HQ, and for giving me such a huge opportunity.
To Karen Clarke, Joanne Duncan and Diane Jeffrey for being absolutely marvellous. I can’t thank them enough for all their help and support with Tell the Truth. And to Desiree for her brilliant suggestion of the spa setting – I loved writing those scenes.
Big thanks to everyone who has read and enjoyed my novels – you make it all worthwhile. And thanks to the brilliant bloggers, amazing writers and to everyone I know on social media who have given me such support over the last year. And thanks to my fantastic friends and extended family. You know who you are – I love you all.
Finally, my biggest thanks go to my close family. My sons: Daniel for his encouragement and brilliant support on social media, and Liam and Luke for fun brainstorming sessions, and suggestions that kept me on track.
And thanks to my daughter-in-law, Lucynda for reading an early draft of Tell the Truth, and for giving me great feedback.
To my mum, who tells everyone she meets that her daughter writes novels, whether they want to know or not, and to my dad and sister, no longer with us, but I like to think are still out there somewhere cheering me on.
And last but by no means least, to Kev. I couldn’t do it without you.
I love you all so much.