Berkeley Hills

Chapter 2

Readers, thank you. I’m grateful for every word you read, every kind review, every thoughtful click and like and comment. Love you all.

Jay, Jesse and Oliver: I’ve multitasked during movie night, I’ve crawled into bed when the sun was coming up and I’ve forced a few too many Trader Joe’s lasagnas on you. Thank you for forgiving it all and loving me anyway. My deepest love goes to you three giant men with the best heads of hair I’ve ever seen.

To my beta readers, editors, proofers, givers of feedback, and supporters—Amy V., Kelé P., Amy D., Amanda and Laura at Red Adept Editing.

And enormous thanks to the SOS crew — a group that expands with every book — no matter when I send a desperate text or email, you respond and talk me off the ledge: Adriana L., Kimberly K., Christine D.R., Dylan A., and Melanie H. I’d be a pile of unpublished mush without you.

Jenn and Shanoff Designs, you outdid yourselves with this cover - thank you, thank you.

Thank you Jenn and the Social Butterfly team for expert advice, brilliant execution, and other superpowers. Hilary and Shan, I’m happy to have you in my corner - you make the PR part a breeze.

Bloggers and bookstagrammers—thank you for embracing my books and exposing my writing to readers. I couldn’t Glad to have you in my village.

And to my fellow authors: as always, I am honored to type among you.