Acknowledgments

My editor Peter Joseph saw instantly what this book could be, and expertly shaped it into the package you hold. It’s an honor to play a part in launching Hanover Square Press. Thanks to Meredith Barnes, Kayla King, Margaret Marbury, and everyone at HSP/Harlequin. A more caring and energetic group is hard to imagine.

Thanks to Judy Sternlight and Jake Morrissey for bucking me up when I was ready to quit. And to Ethel Sutton for years of care and friendship.

Thanks to the Olsons: Brad, and Brad, Cameron, Elizabeth, Laura, Marcia, and my father, Neil, all of whom have inspired and supported me beyond measure. My mother, Rose, artist and teacher, instilled in me a love of painters and painting practically before I could speak, and first turned me on to Goya.

Thanks to Caroline for sharing the joy, and the pain, and for more things than I can possibly say.