For my mother, with love acknowledgments
I would like to thank my parents, sister, family, and friends for their love and support.
I am grateful to my agent, Stephany Evans, and my editor, Jennifer Enderlin, for believing in me.
I owe a huge debt to my earliest readers, Sarah Giffin, Mary Ann Elgin, and Nancy LeCroy Mohler, for their tireless input on every draft of the manuscript.
And most of all, I thank Buddy Blaha, for everything.