To my parents, remember when my grade 10 English teacher told me I was a bad writer? Maybe he was trying to inspire me.
To my assistant Krista, they say that food, water, air, and shelter are the basic human needs （I googled it, okay?） But “they” are wrong. I’d trade shelter for having you to work with.
To my Spicy Sprint Sluts, love your faces.
To Catherine, #immunitynecklacesforever.
To Kandi, I don’t think I’d have finished this book on time if it wasn’t for your cheerleading and early morning sprint sessions. The Spicy Sprint Sluts makes my life and can’t wait to write more books with you. #gratitudebombs
To my beta readers Julia, Amy, Trinity, Leticia, Josette, and Krista, thank you for helping me make this book the best it could be. Your notes make me laugh and your feedback makes me a better writer. I’d be lost without you.
To my editor Paula, if I’m the butter you’re the bread. We go so well together.
To my cover designer Echo, thank you for tolerating me and my incessant questions/ideas for covers and graphics. This packaging on this series is beyond beautiful and I have you to thank for that.
Finally, to my ARC readers and street team members, THANK YOU. So many of you have been with me since the very beginning of this wild ride. And now so many of you are new. Supporting an author in this way might not feel like a big deal to you, but it’s a huge deal to me. Every post, every TikTok, every review literally changes my life. I don’t know that I’ll every be able to repay your kindness, but I will do my best to pay it forward in what ever way I can.
Happy reading, friends.