Acknowledgements
I'm grateful for the hard work of the talented people at The Acorn Press: Terrilee Bulger, Sherie Hodds, Laurie Brinklow and Matt Reid. I'm honoured to be in their company.
Many thanks to my early readers for pointing out the gaping holes and errors in usage: The possibly prejudiced Kirsten MacLeod, my daughter and great supporter. My good friend, JoAnne Wilson, of the excellent editorial eye and generous spirit. Margo MacNaughton, to whom this book is dedicated, for her superior command of the English language, the comma, in particular, and her ability to keep me straight on critical plot points. Thanks to Nancy and to Frances for the delicious and well-orchestrated launches.