Tomorrow River

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Thanks from the bottom of my heart to:

My editor, Ellen Edwards.

Publishers Brian Tart and Kara Welch.

The hard-working advertising, art, publicity, production,

promotion, editorial, and sales teams at Dutton and NAL.

My agent, Kim Witherspoon, for her unrelenting optimism.

The diligent team at Inkwell Management.

Stephanie Lee, Jeanine Swenson, Hope Erwin, Eileen Kaufmann,

and Rochelle Staab for their valuable feedback and friendship.

Legal beagles, the Hon. Darcy McManus, Bruce Rosen, J.D.,

and Casey Fleming, J.D.

Madeira James, for creating and maintaining my Web site.

Mike Lebow, you know why.

Book clubs. What a gift you are!

Booksellers. Especially, Next Chapter Books,

my home away from home.

My husband, Pete, who is a saint for putting up with my nonsense.

Casey and Riley, my adorable, incredibly bright, and

good-looking children.

Lexington, Virginia, for the literary license.

If you’d had the occasion to come calling on the Carmody clan of Rockbridge County that long-ago summer, being a stranger and not familiar with our twisting mountain roads and all, you might’ve found yourself pulling into the Triple S for directions. So there you’d be, perspiring from your every pore, waiting on the owner to come rushing out, thrilled to meet your every need. But my oh my, how disappointed you would’ve been. Because proprietor Sam Moody? He would’ve stayed sat on his station porch until he was darn well ready to come sashaying your way. And you? Awfully put off by his barely brown boldness, you’d’ve already formed the impression that the man was some sort of ill bred and wished you’d stopped at the Shell out on the highway instead.

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