Flame and Starlight by Dana Isaly
Acknowledgments
Thank you again to my readers. Going through this process has been insane. It has cost me a lot of time and tears but it was all worth it to see you all react to my words. I love telling you stories and I hope I never have to stop.
To Michelle, Happy Birthday! You inspired so much of what this story is and I can never thank you enough. Your endless support is something I will never take for-granted. Thank you for being my inspiration for the spitfire that is Aoife. (Also, great name choice.)
To Becca, thank you for reading this chapter by chapter. Thank you for putting up with me talking about it every night after everyone else had left work. It was in those moments that I came up with all my best ideas. Thank you for your endless encouragement. I couldn’t have done this without you.
To Amber, I seriously cannot thank you enough. You will be thanked in every freaking one of my books because your endless patience and guidance deserves so much more than I can ever give you. Thank you for eagerly reading everything I send your way.
To my group chat once again, thank you. Thank you for your encouragement, for squeezing every single word out of my brain, and for letting me complain and rage about these characters. Also, I’d like to apologize to Stevie and Jacky for nearly giving you both a heart attack when I “joked” about book two….because that’s totally all it was….a joke….
To my aunt, who never got to see any of my stories published. You were always there to encourage me to be who I wanted to be. Looking back, I think you were my biggest fan and I can’t believe I ever took that for granted. You were the sunshine in all of our lives and I miss you every single minute of every single day. I hope wherever you are you are able to see what I’m doing and I hope I’m making you proud. Just, please, ignore the smut.
AC Graphics was the cover artist and I cannot brag on this enough. Good lord this cover is everything and more than I could have ever asked for. I cannot wait to work with you on the next cover in the series. Thank you so, so much for bringing my story to life in the form of a cover.
To Sandra, thank you for your endless patience with my comma splices. Thank you for making sure my books are as perfect as they can be. Your little notes you leave throughout crack me up (whether they’re yelling at me or the characters). I’m so happy I found you and I can’t wait to continue working with you on future projects.
