Emerald

  To Joan Royal and Karen Nesbitt, for driving me all over England and stopping at every village and hamlet and pile of rocks without too many audible groans To Irm Jawor, for the book of Scottish granny sayings that inspired Cait's annoying—um, endearing—habit.

  To Amy McBay Stiles, for incredible two-way brainstorming.

  To Ken and Dawn Royal, for feedback on first-draft synopses.

  To Della Floyd, RN, for expert medical information.

  To the UK contingent of the Opposite View e-mail list, for answering all my very off-topic questions.

  To my foreign fan club "presidents"—Karen Nesbitt in Canada and Jane Armstrong in England—for seemingly telling every single person in their respective countries about my books.

  To my free-but-worth-it-at-ten-times-the-price publicity team: Debbie Alexander, Dick Alexander, Robin Ashcroft, Joyce Basch, Elaine Ecuyer, Dale Gordon, Darren Holmquist, Rhonda Johnson, Taire Martyn, Cindy Meyer, Lynne Miller, Amanda Murphy, Romain Nayal, Karen Nesbitt, DeeDee Perkins, Nancy Phillips, Jack Poole, Herb Royal, Joan Royal, Ken Royal, Wendi Royal, Sandy Shniderson, Diena Simmons, Connie Story, Julie Walker, and Stacy Volpe (whew! do I have a lot of wonderful friends and relatives, or what?).

  And, last but certainly not least, to every reader who has ever written me a letter or e-mail.

  Thanks to one and all—your friendship and support make it all worthwhile.

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  If you enjoyed reading Emerald, please post a review. Books with more reviews are more likely to show up in searches, so I'm thankful for every review!