Acknowledgments

Marriage For One is one of those books that wrote itself, at least the first draft. But that doesn’t mean it was the easiest book. No, this one, Jack and Rose challenged me the most. And I’m hoping I didn’t make a complete mess of it.
Jack is not like any other character I wrote before and it took some time and help to make sure I was being fair to him. As scared as I am about this release, I love these two. I love their love story, their dry humor, the grumpiness, the smiles, the laugher, the ankle holding…all of it. But this is also the book I’m most scared of. I don’t want to fail Jack and Rose. I realize this isn’t for everyone, but I want it to be, really badly. I want them to steal a piece of your hearts. I really hope I didn’t disappoint you.
Shelly…as always there is nothing I could say that would be enough. There are no words for all the help you’ve given me with this one—especially with this one. I’ve bugged you endlessly about this book (I probably bug you endlessly with every book, but I know I’ve been over the top this time around). I can still hear myself repeating the same things over and over again in a voice message about what a failure I am or will be. And you always have the right words for me. Always. Maybe that’s why I always keep running to you when I’m freaking out. I’m forever grateful to have your friendship. Forever grateful that I can trust you with everything. Jack and Rose, they wouldn’t be out in the world right now if it weren’t for you, so thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you for cheering me. Love you. Thank you so much for reading my little big book.
Beth…what would I do if I didn’t have your friendship? Your comments with this one…they helped me so much. So much. And the fact that you don’t enjoy reading long books, but read mine in no time? I love you for that. For helping me. For sending me voice messages with your beautiful voice and beautiful accent and helping me even more—with the blurb, the cover, the teasers. Just like I just told Shelly, I would’ve messed up Jack and Rose’s story too much if I hadn’t had you to help me work things out. I’m hoping one day I can help you as much as you help me. I’m lucky to call you a friend and lucky that you’re not tired of me yet. I promise I’ll keep the next book shorter, but thank you for reading the entire thing.
Erin…here we are again. I’m so glad that you’re not tired of me yet. Especially after this one because I know how annoying I’ve been. We finished another one, and I’m both excited and scared. As always, it helps to know you have my back. I promise I’ll try not to freak out this much on the new one. And thank you so much for reading Jack and Rose’s story even though you have a million better things to do.
Elena (aka The beautiful thebibliotheque)…you’ve read this book so fast and so beautifully. And then you gave me life. I’m not even kidding. You already know how much I was freaking out when you started reading it so you know how much it meant to me that you actually loved it (that’s if you haven’t lied to spare my feelings of course). Loved Jack. Thank you for not making me beg to read my book. Thank you for making me smile so big when I was sure I’d failed in telling Jack and Rose’s story. Thank you for the beautiful photo. And last but not least, thank you for talking Jack and Rose with me for days! You made me feel excited about them all over again. I might beg you again, with the next one. Just saying…
Saffron…thank you for reading thirteen chapters of this book even when you were dealing with something so insane. You know how much it helped me with Jack. I really appreciate the support, you know how insecure this book made me so thank you for listening and being there.
The sweetest agent… Hannah, you’re the absolute best. You were there for me when I needed a friend the most. You read this whole thing in just a few days and not only once, but twice. I’m forever grateful for the help and the comments. I hope I won’t disappoint you. And just to repeat it, thank you so much for your lovely compliments. I wouldn’t want to work with anyone but you.
Christina and Yasmin…you two are the first early readers and actually Yasmin is reading it as I’m typing this. Just in case you didn’t get it from my messages, I don’t like the fact that you’re hoarding your notes. I don’t know if you guys will love Jack and Rose, but I’m hoping so hard that you will. Thank you so much for being so enthusiastic about it. Every message I get from you guys put the biggest smile on my face. I really really hope you love it.
Caitlin Nelson and Ellie McLove - thank you so much for making my book better and more readable.
Emily A. Lawrence - thank you so so much for editing my synopsis at the very last minute. I can’t wait for the next one!
Nina—please don’t get sick of me anytime soon!
And thank you to all the incredible bloggers and instagrammers who gave me a shot. I know Jack and Rose’s story is longer than most books out there, but thank you for reading and helping me get the word out. ALL of you are amazing, I couldn’t do what you guys do. I hope you enjoyed my big little book.
And my lovely readers, I want you to fall for Jack and Rose so much. I hope I won’t disappoint you and I hope you’ll meet me on my next book. Thank you so much for loving my characters as much as I do. You’re everything.