Acknowledgments

First off, I want to thank every single person out there who took a chance on my books and fell in love with my characters. This is my twentieth release and I am incredibly grateful for the support I have received.

I want to thank my husband and children for being exactly who they are and making every sleepless night and dreaded deadline worth it. I love you guys with everything inside of me, and I'm so glad to call you my family. Love Mam. xx.

As always, I need to thank my right-hand woman Aleesha Davis for her unconditional support and dedication. Without her, this book wouldn’t have stood a chance. In fact, it would still be in my computer. Girl, no writer ever had a better friend. Our business relationship down through the years has morphed into a peculiar – and sometimes warped – friendship. But there is no one else in the world I would rather splice my soul and words with than you. Thank you for being the other part of this. It's the side of publishing few people recognize, but you are crucial to me and my stories, and I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for being an awesomely, honest person. I appreciate you!

My Brookie! What can I say? You girl, are one hell of a human. I love the bones of you and thank god that you messaged me that night after Inevitable released. Not messaging you daily feels alien to me now, and I love the way you get me. I'm so grateful for your friendship and mad skills with my words. Thank you for being a class act. Love you loads.

My clovers! Girls, I say it every time but without you, I wouldn’t be doing this. You give me the motivation and support I need to get through my dark days and make me double over laughing at least twenty times a day. I really hope Johnny and Shannon's story was worth the wait, and you love them as much as I do.

Mam! You've been a rock throughout the writing process for Binding 13, and even though we fight like cats and dogs on a daily basis, you're my lifeline. I love you now and always.

My little Lizzie – as I'm writing this, you're in hospital, and I want you to know that I'm thinking of you and I love you loads. You were such a superb support to me during this book, and I'm so grateful for your company during the late work nights. Love you cousin.