Acknowledgments

My first thank you always goes to you, the reader. These characters wouldn’t be alive and kicking without you picking up this book and I’m beyond grateful for each and every one of you!

Dare, my partner in crime, the love of my life…thank you for your constant support as I poured my soul into this book. Through countless hours of research and formatting and creating images, you are seriously the man.

N0decaf, I don’t have enough ways to say thank you for all your guidance on this book. All the emails, calls, and chats. All the scenarios and ‘what ifs’ that you met with an open mind and easy grace. Thank you. I couldn’t have finished this book without you.

Thanks must be given to my family for supporting this dream of mine, even when I started dreaming about it in the second grade.

Stacy, my brilliant editor, I can’t thank you enough! This book was a dream to write and you’re so much fun to work with. I simply can’t wait to see what we come up with next!

To Liz, Jillian, Heather, and everyone else at my Entangled home, thank you for all the work behind the scenes! I’m honored to be part of this awesome family.

Karen, you’re a constant source of wisdom and advice and happiness. I’m honored to call you friend and I’m thankful for all of your notes that continuously shape me to be a better writer.

Molly, my soul-sister, thank you for being the first one to read this. Double thanks for finding that massive typo (that I repeated eight times) before I sent it to my editor. LOL. You will always be the coolest half of #MollySquared.

Esther. I love you. You’re my hero. My inspiration. The strongest woman I know. Every badass girl I write has a whole lot of you in her.

Cindi and Rebecca, thanks for plot chats and vent sessions and staying up until two a.m. at signings! I’m grateful I have the pair of you in my corner!

Amber, thanks for the support that never ends. The fire you have for this community never ceases to amaze me and I appreciate all the awesome things you do!

To the amazing bloggers who constantly work on the behalf of authors and readers alike, you are EVERYTHING. I’m grateful and honored and appreciative of every single one of you who sacrifice time in the name of love for books! I see you and the hard work you do and it means the world to me!

Mayhem Members! Thanks for making our group so positive and fun and for being understanding when life has me hiding in the writing cave for months at a time!

And finally, again, to you…most awesome reader. Thank you for choosing this book. You make all things possible.