ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A heartfelt thanks to all those friends and family who were so generous with their time, patience and story-sense: Mel; Hedgie; Ryan; Jim Blaylock; Lyle Wiedeman, Katie Caffrey and Heidi Lup, the Thursday-night regulars; Janette Holm; Austin Holm; Steve Buchanan; Shelley Garcia; Kent Dunnington; Paige and Hannah, the fabulous Dinneny sisters; Santa-Victoria Pérez; Cameron David Quinn, Esq; and the intrepid team at Legend Press, especially my editor Lauren Parsons.