ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My gratitude overflows to Love Africa Press for believing in the story and publishing it. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it a million times more, my editor Zee Monodee is the absolute best! I’d like to thank Empi Baryeh and Amaka Azie for your honesty as beta readers. Thanks to Estelle Kramo who helped with the Cote d’ Ivoirian French lines in the story and for introducing me to her beautiful country when I went to visit. The Arabic lines were initially vetted by my good friend Mario Iseed, who has wanted to be a character in one of my books ever since he learned I was a writer. Maybe one day.

