Seduction

Acknowledgments

To Sarah Durand: I am so lucky to have you as my editor. You are amazing and smart and know how to push me onward without ever making me feel like I’m being pushed. Thank you for your help and confidence and enthusiasm.

To the wonderful marketing and PR group, especially Hillary Tisman, Lisa Sciambra, Cristina Suarez and Paul Olsewski.

With heartfelt appreciation to Judith Curr for her vision and guidance and Carolyn Reidy for her wisdom and support.

And to everyone else at Atria Books-from the art department (who does such beautiful covers) to the sales folks who get my books in stores-this novel is so much a team effort and I’m so lucky to have you all on my dream team.

To Dan Conaway for being my agent/knight-in-shining-armor. You have never let me down and always know just how to shore me up. To Simon Lipskar, Amy Berkow, Maja Nikolic, Steven Barr, Katie Zanecchia and the rest of Writers House-simply the best agency in the world.

To Douglas Clegg, Lisa Tucker and Steve Berry for always being there when I think I’ve forgotten everything I ever knew about writing-to remind me that it’s always this hard! Randy Susan Meyers, Jenn Risko and Linda Francis Lee-my non-girly girlfriends who are not only fun but wise, wonderful and generous almost to a fault.

To Amy Bruno, Emily Faust, Sunil Kumar and Vicki VanValkenburgh who help so much and so creatively with so many things that go on-some behind the scenes-some in front. To Megan Mitzel and everyone at Blogads who are kind supporters and all the bloggers who help so much. To all the wonderful people on Facebook and Twitter and Goodreads and Pinterest who spread the word-it makes a difference, it matters and it does not go unnoticed.

To my family of course: my father and Ellie (my special cheerleader), the Kulicks, Mara Gleckle (even if there aren’t blood ties, you are family) and to Doug Scofield who makes every day worthwhile.

And to every single bookseller and every single librarian and every single reader for stocking, selling and buying my books and making it possible for me to travel the exciting road of being an author.