To all the Bookstagrammers, bloggers, reporters, and influencers who have helped bring this book into the world, a huge and hearty thank you. Friend and phone buddy Kristy Barrett, thanks for all the book honey! Andrea Katz, your support and advice is always so welcome and appreciated. Stephanie Gray, I am so happy for the success of Porter Co. Book Shoppe and so grateful for all the book love through it and, of course, the Book Lover Book Club and Porter Co. Marketing. Special thanks to Jamie Rosenblit, Anne Mendez, Addie Wemyss, Judy Collins, Kristin Thorvaldsen, Courtney Marzilli, Bethany Clark, Kate Rock, Jennifer Clayton, and Nicole McManus for always going so above and beyond! And fabulous podcasters Zibby Owens, Grace Atwood, and Becca Freeman, thanks for being so supportive.

Susan Roberts, Susan Peterson, Sheree Kun, Michele Collard, Rose Goforth, Denise Holcomb, Annissa Holmes, and Susan Persons, I adore you and am so thankful you’re in my life. Everyone who follows my design blog, Design Chic, and all the friends I have met along the way, thank you for also reading my books so enthusiastically, showing up at my events and sharing them with your followers. It means more than I can say!

If you’ve read my books, you know that I love writing about families. How they come together, why they fall apart, what matters in the end, how they are created. I am so blessed to have the most wonderful family. Will and Will, I couldn’t have dreamed up a better husband and son, and I’m grateful for every day with you and, quite honestly, absolutely treasured every minute of being at home together for weeks on end. (Another unexpected gift!) Mom and Dad, you are and always have been the most amazing parents. Thanks for being the best examples. Ola Rutledge, Cathy Singer, Catherine, John, John Ross and Peyton Adcox, Anne and Tommy O’Berry, Raymond and Manika Smith, Rutledge Smith, Nancy and Tommy Sanders, Thomas and Halley Sanders, Sidney, Michael and Emilia Patton, and Jim Woodson, y’all are the best family anyone could ever have and, without even meaning to, you taught me what it means to be family first. You are always a part of my stories.

Perhaps most important, thank you to my readers who come back year after year for another story, another adventure. Can you believe this is number seven? Under the Southern Sky has such a special place in my heart. I hope it finds one in yours, too.

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