Blanca Aulet, Joseph Benincase, Tiffany Sanchez, Ali Cutrone, and everyone at Grand Central Publishing, for having my back.
To Aaron and Arleen Priest, Lucy Childs Baker, Lisa Erbach Vance, Mitch Hoffman (and thanks for another fine editing job), Frances Jalet-Miller, and John Richmond, for being such great partners.
To Melissa Edwards, thanks for all your hard work. I wish you the best in your new endeavor.
To Anthony Forbes Watson, Jeremy Trevathan, Trisha Jackson, Katie James, Alex Saunders, Sara Lloyd, Amy Lines, Stuart Dwyer, Geoff Duffield, Jonathan Atkins, Anna Bond, Sarah Willcox, Leanne Williams, Sarah McLean, Charlotte Williams, and Neil Lang at Pan Macmillan, for making me feel so very special.
To Praveen Naidoo and his team at Pan Macmillan in Australia, for all you do.
To Caspian Dennis and Sandy Violette, for being great agents and being especially fun at parties.
To Kyf Brewer and Orlagh Cassidy, for your amazing audio performances.
To Steven Maat and the entire Bruna team, for all you do for me in Holland.
To Bob Schule and Chuck Betack, for yet another eagle-eye reading of a manuscript.
To Jeff Pasquino, U.S. Army caretaker site manager, Fort Monroe, and Glenn Oder and John Hutcheson of the Fort Monroe Authority, for your time, wisdom, and one terrific tour of a scenic and memorable Virginia treasure. I encourage anyone interested in American history to go visit Fort Monroe.
To Lieutenant General David Halverson, USA (Ret.), and Karen Halverson, hope you liked the “promotion,” even if I put you in the Air Force! Thank you for your service and best of luck in the future.
To Roland Ottewell, for a great copyediting job.
To auction winners Chris Ballard, Lynda Demirjian, Vincent DiRenzo, Ted Hull, and David Shorr, I hope you enjoyed your characters. Thanks for supporting such wonderful organizations.
To Kristen White and Michelle Butler, for keeping Columbus Rose on course.
And to Natasha Collin, thanks for all the great years at the Wish You Well Foundation. I wish you all the best as you move on to your next career.