My deepest thanks (in no order whatsoever) to:
Mike Pruette, Web guru at www.faithhunter.net and fan.
The wonderful speakers at www.irishgaelictranslator.com for the spelling translations.
The Hubby, for the right word when my tired brain was stymied. And for the chocolate.
Joyce Wright, for reading everything I write, no matter how “weird.”
Adonna at the authorpro.com for all the help with PR! Love you guys!
Dave Crawford of rapidexpeditions.com, Mike Kohlenberger at Wildwater, and Itty Bitty, for allowing me to use their names, monikers, and/or likenesses in the book. The realism you brought to the project was a huge help! Also to Mindy Mymudes for the biology realism.
Misty Massey, David B. Coe, A. J. Hartley, Edmund Schubert, Stuart Jaffe, C. E. Murphy, Lucienne Diver, and Kalayna Price of www.magicalwords.net, my dear pals, for making this journey so much easier than it used to be. It’s wonderful to have you as my friends!
Kim Harrison (fan girl squeal)—thank you for the wonderful blurb.
My facebook fans at www.facebook.com/official.faith.hunter.
Jane’s facebook fans at www.facebook.com/janeyellowrock.
Beast’s facebook fans at www.facebook.com/pages/Beast/135860763157310.
Lucienne Diver, for doing what an agent does best, with grace, kindness, wisdom, and forgiveness.
Rosanne Romanello and Brady McReynolds at Roc for excellent PR support (waves).
Last, but never least—my editorial team at Roc: Thanks to Jessica Wade, who loves the multisouled Beast in Jane, and who worked hard to bring the plot and conflict into a darker intensity. To copyeditor Karen Haywood, production editor Kathleen Cook, and Jesse Feldman (who came in at the end)—this book is far better for all of you.
Y’all ROCK!