Acknowledgments

A year and a half ago, I was on a business trip in a college town that will remain unnamed. On my morning off, I took a stroll through the charming downtown district and found my way into a great used bookstore. As I browsed, a college boy in glasses came in, slipped behind the counter, plugged his iPod into the store sound system, and started his shift. I hopped on twitter and described the scene, which felt like the opening of a romance novel. My timeline thought it would make a good book, too. I kept waiting for the heroine to enter and the scene to begin, so on my flight home, I started outlining the story, which became This Book Will Change Your Life.

Many thanks to my encouraging friends on twitter, that lovely college town, that magical used bookstore, and that boy in glasses who has no idea that he sparked a novel when he came to work that day.

I owe a tremendous debt to Anne Forlines for early editorial feedback and support. Many thanks as well to Jennifer deSylva, Sara Mizzen, and Denise Cataudella for pre-reading, feedback, and prosecco. Always prosecco.

Thank you to Stephen Morgan, my fantastic editor at Entangled. Working on this book with him has been such an amazing experience!