Maybe This Time

My Thanks To

THE GLINDAS and the ARGH PEOPLE,

who suffered through this book with me

GAIL HOGAN,

who helped me with the TV research and who is nothing like Kelly O’Keefe

HEIDI and DAN CULLINAN,

who suggested the salvia

BROOKE BRANNON, SUE DANIC, MOLLY HASELHORST, LANI DIANE RICH, ROXANNE RICHARDSON, and ANNE STUART,

who beta read brilliantly

RACHEL PLACHCINSKI,

who gave me the original house that became Archer House, a picture of herself as a small child that became Alice, a translation of American English into British English for one character, and constant support throughout the writing of this (as in, “Hurry up and finish the [British expletive deleted] book, Crusie”)

JODI REAMER and AMY BERKOWER,

who went above and beyond the call of agenthood… again

JENNIFER ENDERLIN,

the finest editor an author can have

and

HENRY JAMES and TRUMAN CAPOTE,

who were here first.

This book takes place in 1992.

Because.