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Acknowledgments
I owe the always lovely Serene Heiner a steak dinner when it comes to this book. When I was invited to participate in a Valentine themed box set, the only idea I could come up with was gum. That was it. Serene was sweet enough to not only let me borrow the name Roman even though she was using the same name in her book, she suggested I use my gum idea by having Greenly’s nephew accidentally spit it in her hair. It was a brilliant idea, especially when paired with who would have to fish the gum out of Greenly’s hair. That was the beginning of the chaos, and it just kept going from there. Serene is awesome!
I owe a big thanks to Conner Kressley, as well, for jumping in when I came up blank for female character names and suggested Greenly. I absolutely adored it!
I couldn’t get any of my books ready for print without the help of my beta readers! A really, really big thanks to Serene Heiner, Sneha Mohite, Michelle Zeplin, Nikki Jeffrey, Roxanna Huffman, Brittany Willis, and Rocio Reyes. Thank you so much for all your comments, suggestions, and support!
Dedication
For my husband Ryan, for hanging in there with me through the last fourteen years. I’m looking forward to many more!