To booksellers across the land, and I mean every single one of them, I thank you from the bottom of my heart, especially Patty Morrison of Barnes & Noble, Charleston, South Carolina, who has led the launch of nine books and with whom I have eaten more cookies than either of us will ever admit; Larry Morey and every single sainted soul from Barnes & Noble in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina; Jennifer McCurry and all her brilliant staff at Waldenbooks in downtown Charleston; Margot Sage-El of Watchung Booksellers in Montclair, New Jersey; Frazer Dobson and Sally Brewster of Park Road Books in Charlotte, North Carolina; and everybody hold the phone for Jacquie Lee of Books a Million! Holy moly. What can I say? Jacquie, you are the greatest! You all are the greatest! My whole family is in your debt and all the Franks thank y’all from the depths of our gizzards!
To my wonderful husband, Peter, and our two glorious children, Victoria and William, I love y’all with all my heart and I thank you for your endless patience and support. I am so proud to own the bragging rights because with everything you do and just because of who you are, you make my heart swell in gratitude.
Finally, to my readers to whom I owe the greatest debt of all. I am sending you the most sincere and profound thanks for reading my stories, sending along so many nice e-mails, for being my Facebook friends, for coming out to book signings in the rain and all kinds of crazy weather. You are why I continue to try to write a book every year. I hope someday you’ll find yourself in the Lowcountry’s ACE Basin and get some of Millie’s magic for yourself.
I love you all and thank you all. Yes, I do, ’eah?
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