Dedicated with love to my husband, Noel

I would like to thank my sons, Bryan Redecker and Chris Lloyd, for their patience while I pursued my creative dreams. Thank you, Chris, for helping me many times with my writing. Thank you dear sister, Margaret Coppock, and friend and realtor, Nancy House, for your encouragement and for proofing my manuscript, and Waverly Fitzgerald, my first critique group leader, for your wisdom and guidance. Thank you to my agent, Les Stobbe, and Jeff Dunn at RiverOak.