Finding You by Daphne Elliot

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thank you to everyone who joined me in Havenport!

I wrote this book while locked down in my house due to Covid. I was trying to work my day job, homeschool my five year old, and keep my toddler from setting himself on fire. I needed a creative outlet to help me get through some of the hard days. At the encouragement of my lovely friends, the world of Havenport was born.

There are so many people to thank.

To my husband, thank you for your patience and encouragement. You have been my real-life romance hero for nineteen years. Thank you for everything that you do. And thank you for thinking that a sledgehammer was a romantic gift idea, thus inspiring me to write the emotional climax of this book.

To my mother, thank you for always having my back. I am so grateful for your support, encouragement, child care, and story ideas.

To the ladies of HoCroWoHo, thank you for your decades of friendship, your continued excellence, and your constant encouragement. You have been cheerleading me from the beginning, and it has been so much fun to share this journey with you.

Erica, you are a wonderful friend and even better book pimp. I appreciate all your hard work and respect your willingness to fight for Declan.

Thank you to my beta readers, Erica, Tegan, Leann, Harley, and Leah. You gave me fantastic feedback and kept me sane while editing this book.

To the amazing ladies who make up my Street Team, thank you for offering your time and hilarious memes. I appreciate the constant encouragement and the hilarity.

To my fabulous author friends, Harley Reid, Tatum Rayne, Skylar Platt, and Lizzie Stanley, thank you for encouraging me, advising me, and talking me off the ledge when necessary.

Kari, thank you for the gorgeous cover.

Ann and Ann, thank you for your thorough editing.

The entire team at Give Me Books Promotions, thank you for helping me bring this book into the world.

Jennifer, thank you for jumping in and helping me with my blurb.

Thank you to my family for being hilarious and loving and silly.