Acknowledgments

Huge thanks to my agent, Andrea Somberg, for her brainstorming and support, and to the whole team at Entangled for bringing this series to life. My amazing editor, Alycia Tornetta, has the uncanny ability to know exactly what a story needs. Thank you for understanding Reed and Talia so well!

Thank you Balaka Basu for always being available to read my drafts—sometimes (er, usually) at the last minute—and for her insightful feedback, warm hugs, and pep talks.

I’m grateful to Kristin Beckwith at Boston Ballet for sharing her expertise and answering my questions about the professional dance world. Kristin was my ballet teacher when I was little and now still teaches my mom! How cool is that? It made my life to be cast for three years as a party child in The Albany Berkshire Ballet’s productions of The Nutcracker when I was in elementary and middle school, and I was psyched to get to draw on my experiences as a ten-year-old for this book—not something I can say very often when it comes to writing romance. Special thanks to my mom, to whom this book is dedicated, for taking me to dance classes, curling my hair for The Nutcracker, and always supporting my writing—even if she skims the best scenes and we never. Ever. Talk. About. It.

Last but not least, thank you Robert, as always, for your love.