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Acknowledgements

Once again, I’m happy to write my “thank you” section!

The most thanks must go to Scott, the Husband-of-Awesome, who regularly puts up with my writing binges, crazy monitoring of sales and numbers, ridiculous travel, and demands of him beta-reading because he’s always honest. For the Deadline Dinners, the leftover cleaning, and the random abandonment to get writing done—Thank You to the Infinite Power! I love you.

Also, much thanks and love to my family, especially Mom and Travis—and Dad, who’s keeping an eye on all of us from Heaven. You all have been nothing but supportive in my writing dreams. Thank you all for coming to my releases, giving me ideas for marketing, listening to me whine, letting me crash at your homes for events, and celebrating my achievements. A writer couldn’t ask for a better family! (Oh…and thank you for all the positive family role-modeling that gets included in the book!)

Besides my immediate family, I’ve been blessed with a wonderful “family” of friends, colleagues, and supporters who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to help Heather, Kyra, and all my “babies” do well in the world.

My Spencer Hill Press and Spencer Hill Middle Grade family are also made of awesome, and I thank them muchly, too! Thank you to Kate Kaynak, for being the Grand Poobah and creating the home for our dreams. Jenn Carson and Laura Ownbey, I couldn’t ask for a better team of editors. Jenn, you can slay words like an avenging knight, and Laura, you catch things I’d kick myself (or that Rich would kick our collective butts) for missing. Sunder, thank you for further word-slayage, catching so many little things, and being the “fresh eyes” we needed! Rich “Platinum” Storrs, you continue to earn your nickname in both your critical eye, your kind support, and as a gauge to monitor my growth as a writer. Jenn AP, very special thanks for being my publicist champion on so many levels— as well as for being on the other side of the phone when I really needed it. Thank you, Damaris, for organizing my blog tour and helping with the publicist work. And finally, Jessica, another special Thank You to you for all the organizing, problem-solving, and butt-saving you do behind the curtain!

To Traveling Java, who read The Earl’s Childe and all of Heather’s adventures before anyone—sometimes in serious “z” draft messiness—I also can’t thank you enough for your amazing feedback and love!

There are many, many more of you who I want to thank for all your support…but I promised this set of acknowledgements would be shorter than my last two. But, truly, thank you to the very many of you who helped me bring my books into the world, who buy and share and enjoy them, who have given me a corner to write in or sent me a kind note, who have given me reviews or asked someone to carry my books. You’re making a dream come true—and that’s the greatest gift one can give. Thank you.