SarahSkilton: So we have to do the acknowledgments. How do you want to handle it?

SarvenazTash: Well, we have to thank Alicia Condon, of course, our amazing editor at Kensington. And let her know how much we appreciate her enthusiasm and love for Miles and Zoey’s story. Working with her has been a pleasure and a joy.

SarahSkilton: Victoria Marini at Irene Goodman is our rock-star agent: smart, empathetic, and all-around awesome. We’re indebted to Lee OBrien and Maggie Kane as well. Thank you so much!

SarvenazTash: Also, from Kensington, we are very grateful for our publicist Jane Nutter, as well as the fabulous efforts of Lynn Cully, Jackie Dinas, Alexandra Nicolajsen, Kris Noble, Laura Jernigan, Susanna Gruninger, and Carly Sommerstein. Also a very special thank-you to Elizabeth Trout, who was the very first Kensingtonian to read and love this book and who started the chain of events that led to its home. We’d also like to thank superheroine agent Lia Chan at ICM, and the incomparable Ronald Bass for his enthusiasm, ideas, and one of the most unforgettably delightful meetings of our careers.

SarahSkilton: To my sister, Rachel “HankyBook” Murphy: I love you so much and your support means the world to me. Thanks for being an early reader of all my stuff, from the published to the unpublished and everything in between.

SarvenazTash: And to my sister, Golnaz Taghavian, one of the most discerning readers/watchers of rom-coms that I know. Thank you for being a beta reader for this; I knew if I could get you on board, I’d done us proud. (#TeamMusic-FromAnotherRoom4eva.)

SarahSkilton: I need to thank the wonderful Amy Spalding for always making me laugh (and making me meals!) when I most need it; Leslie Sullivant and Lisa Green for our nights at Rose & Crown pub talking writing; the RWA Santa Clarita branch; Lynne “Early Reader” Kadish for the kind e-mails; and Stephanie “Dammital” Sagheb for fabbo movie nights. Elliot “Cheesy Nuggets” Skilton is my favorite little guy, and Joe “Love of My Life” Skilton is the reason any of my books exist at all. My parents Earl & Ros Hoover and Lydia & Richard Skilton have endlessly supported and encouraged me, and I’m extremely grateful. Carrie Fisher and Nora Ephron helped inspire this story; we miss you.

Lastly, thank you to Sarvenaz Tash, the only person I can imagine collaborating with on a novel. After we met on Twitter in 2011, you literally opened your home to me a few months later when I was in NYC (and many times since). Your generosity, talent, work ethic, and creative spirit are unmatched. I have loved writing this book with you and it still makes me laugh every time I look at it. Thank you, thank you for your friendship. I treasure it more than I can say.