Corey Planer, my Pitch Wars bestie and CP extraordinaire. This book would not be the same without your thoughtful and honest critiques. Thank you for always pushing me to be a little bit mean to my characters. You will always be the first person to ever purchase one of my books, and I can’t wait to do the same for you. I’ll meet you in Palm Springs!

Allison Ashley and Eagan Daniels, thank you so much for reading early drafts of this book. Your comments were both uplifting and insightful and exactly what I needed to keep pushing.

Haley Kral, thanks for being my longest Twitter writing friend! I have loved getting to share this experience with you.

Katie Golding, you offered me a positivity pass when I needed it most. Thank you for being a bright light in the romance community. Rachel Lynn Solomon, Sarah Hogle, Melonie Johnson, Denise Williams, and Rosie Danan, thank you for your enthusiasm for Lease on Love. I admire all of you so much; your support means the world!

To the Write Squad, Kickass Writer Moms, #writingcommunity, and #22Debuts, thank you for all your continuous support.

Endless thank-yous to the bloggers, bookstagrammers, reviewers, librarians, and bookish community. Your support has been overwhelming, and I’m so grateful. The endless hours you put in to lift up books and writers do not go unnoticed, thank you thank you thank you!

To all my IRL friends, thanks for all the love, even if I get to see your pretty faces less than I would like! Brianna, thanks for always talking plot with me in line at Disneyland (and thanks for the author photos!). Ashley, thanks for the endless encouragement any time I needed an ego boost (which was often), and thanks for always being there to pop the champagne with me (literally and figuratively).

I have literally the world’s best in-laws, and I couldn’t have done this without them. Thank you for everything, from taking the kid for sleepovers to coming up with custom Lease on Love cocktails.

My mom has encouraged my writing from the time I could first hold a pen. If you let her, she’ll tell you all about that play I wrote that one time in third grade (please don’t let her). Mom, thank you for always having my back and supporting me and my wild dreams.

Canonball, I really hope you don’t ever read this book (though when you are old enough, I will happily point you in the direction of the many romances you should read), but I do hope I make you proud. Thanks for being the best kid ever. I love you, goob!