Acknowledgments

With many thanks to everyone at Bantam Dell for helping me bring the world of the Midnight Breed to the page and into my readers’ hands, most especially: Shauna Summers, Kristin Doyle, Nita Taublib, Kathleen Baldonado, Theresa Zoro, Anna Crowe, the fantastic art department, and the wonderful sales and subrights teams. I’m so pleased to be working with you all.

With continuing gratitude to my agent, Karen Solem, and to my publicist, Patricia Rouse, for always looking out for me and keeping me on track.

And with deepest appreciation and total adoration to my husband—my secret weapon—for all the killer ideas I happily take credit for, and for cheerfully (maybe that’s too strong a word) picking up the slack around home when I am deep into one of my books (which is pretty much always). I couldn’t do it without you, HB!