With thanks to:

My Intergalactic Bar & Grille regulars, including but not limited to: Commander Carla Arpin, Lynne “Library Lady” Welch, Cy Korte, Mike Pennington, Brenda, Marty, Jennifer, Diane, Robin, Bill, Lynne, Debby, Katrina, Sumera, Ann, Liza, Cynn, Chris, Cathy, Marie, Darcy, Mischelle, Kimberly, Donna, and the rest of the wild gang. Thank you for listening to the lunatic ravings of an author when surely you could be doing better things. . . .

Some of the best authors on the planet: Susan Grant, Stacey Klemstein, Robin Owens, Isabo “Kat” Kelly, Monette Michaels, Nancy Cohen, Ruth Kerce, and Jacqueline Lichtenberg—thank you for your friendship and guidance. . . .

My agent, Kristin Nelson, for her spunky effervescence, and my editor, Anne Groell, for her good-natured patience. . . .

And as always, with thanks to my husband, Robert Bernadino, who believes in me; and our resident furpersons, Daq and Miss Doozy, for their secretarial expurrrtise.

With love,
˜Linnea