I’m going to forget someone. I know it. If you are that someone, please know that the exclusion is not on purpose. I’m old now and forgetful.

For S., the greatest, most loyal friend I’ve ever had. You let the dragon take you, but I still love you. My heart breaks for all beauty you never got to see.

Thank you to Angela McLaurin and Steven Novack for making this book pretty. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Chelle Bliss for being such a great support and for those beautiful headers. Your Tater Tot loves you big.

Sharon Browning, thank you for your friendship, for your encouragement and for always listening to my insane, likely frustrating ideas. Nothing I write would make even the slightest sense if you didn’t edit and make my rubbish shiny. Love you, lady!

Penelope Douglas, Lila FREAKIN Felix, Chelle Bliss, Ing “Hooker” Cruz and Sarah “Hooker” Leal: I love you all to levels that are mildly manic and scary. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your love, support and most especially your friendship. You’re all the bright, shiny glitter sparkling my gray world.

To my betas and “sweet” team: Trish Leger, Judy Lovely, Leighanne Sisk, Jessica Shamburger, Emily Gould, Heather McCorkle, Janette Mapp, Carla Castro, Naarah Scheffler, LK Westhaver, Lorain Domich, Melanie Brunsch, Michelle Horstman-Thompson, Laura Agra, Allyson Lavigne Wilson, Emily Lamphear, Chanpreet Singh, Heather Weston-Confer, Betsy Gehring, Sammy Llewellyn, Dr. Risie Preston-Llaneta, Christopher Ledbetter and K. Imani Tennyson: You are the most amazing, generous, supportive people I know. I am so very blessed to have you in my life. I’m so calling dibs on each of you in the event of Z day.

To all you awesome bloggers who spread the love and support and encourage me, I thank you for the bottom of my heart, especially (http://www.readlovelust.com) and (https://www.facebook.com/bookdrunkblog). You guys are amazing!

Vania Stoyanova, I adore you to pieces! Thank you for everything. To my “real job” buddies Marie, Sherry, Barbra B., Sarah and Kalpana, thank you so much for coming out to see me and encouraging me every day.

Thank you to Shey Houston of (https://www.facebook.com/sheysbookcave) for being such a wonderful friend. You make my heart very full. To Amy Butler, Jodi Linton, Erin Noelle Garcia, C.C. Wood, Jan Meredith, Kele Moon, Kellie Coakley, Jessica Lee Prince, Brenda Rothert, Crystal Jordan, Nicole Flockton, Heather McCorkle, Trish Leger and Amanda Lanclos for supporting the Thin Love release. You ladies are amazing!

To my very favorite Hawaiian Demon Wizard, Kimo Hickman, for all the details on the Polynesian culture and language, thank you, friend. Please stop using your wicked juju to beat me at Words. Cheater.

Tracy Clark, oh my God, do I love you. You are the bestest of the besties.

Kele Moon, this is all your fault. I can’t say thank you enough. It’s time, lady. The world needs Kai.

To my CHPP, aka, my bints, especially Amy Bernstein-Feldman, Lisa Bennett, Leighanne Sisk and Judy Lovely: there are no words. None. You know my heart…it’s where you all live. You do realize The Lovely is the only one of you I’ve snogged in two years. This needs to be remedied.

Melanie Brunsch, you are adorable and I cannot tell you how grateful I am for your road trip and your immense support. You’re a rock star, lady.

To my readers, thank you for loving Declan and Vaughn and Donovan and now Kona with such fierce passion. If it weren’t for you, I’d never be able to write a word. You are making my dreams come true.

To my biggest, loudest cheerleaders Kayla Jagneaux, Jennifer Jagneaux and Joy Chambers, thank you for giving me blackmail material. If you weren’t my blood, I’d still stalk you and force you to be my friend. I love you knuckleheads! Juli Jagneaux-Wright, can I be like you when I grow up? I love you!

To my mom who will be glad to know there isn’t a single “horny, Irish boy” in this book. I love you! To my sister Tricia – I hope you chase your happiness. I hope you grab hold of it and never let it go. God knows you deserve it. To my sweet brother, Timmy, who will never, ever read this – I hope you know there isn’t a sister alive prouder than I am of you. You’re my spiritual center and the counselor I actually listen to.

Jay Lake, the world is gray, dreary and boring without your bright light in it. God, how I miss you.

To the past. You taught me lessons. You showed me that friendship can be retrieved among the ashes. Thank you.

To my girls, Trinity, Faith and Gracie, thank you for all your unconditional love, for cheering me on when I thought I couldn’t possibly write another word and for being the clever, generous, beautiful girls you are. I’m very, very proud to be your mum.

To Chris, my Himself, my always, whose love was never, ever thin. Without you, there is no me.

 

 

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