The Reluctant Dom

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

To my hubby, who is definitely The World’s Greatest Husband™, who put up with a blubbering workaholic wife during the initial writing process. He’s probably my greatest supporter, and if it hadn’t been for him pushing me to pursue my fiction, I might still be focusing on computer tutorials.

To Mr. B. He knows why.

To my friends and adopted family at the Sarasota Society, you are too numerous to mention. Thanks for inspiration, education, friendship and fellowship, and for making me laugh every time one of you asks (usually hopefully), “Will that end up in one of your books?” (Yes, it probably will end up in a book.)

And especially to Sir Vic and the spirit of Annie.

Lastly, although while alive she likely never would have read most of my books, but she would have been proud of my achievement for getting them published, for Granny. I wrote this book originally as a way of dealing with my grief over losing her the day before my birthday in 2008. Also, for Grandaddy, who we lost exactly three years to the day later.

Sometimes, life is truly stranger than fiction. There’s a running joke in my family that I suck at remembering dates. Believe me, that one’s etched in my mind.