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  Robie gripped her hand back.

  The truck drove as the night enveloped them.

  Yet perhaps for Will Robie and Jessica Reel there was now a seam of light somewhere inside the darkness.

  Acknowledgments

  To Michelle: Remember when we weren’t sure if there’d ever be more than one book?

  To Michael Pietsch, for always having my back.

  To Lindsey Rose, Andy Dodds, Brian McLendon, Ben Sevier, Karen Kosztolnyik, Beth deGuzman, Brigid Pearson, Bob Castillo, Anthony Goff, Michele McGonigle, Andrew Duncan, Joseph Benincase, Tiffany Sanchez, Stephanie Sirabian, Oscar Stern, Matthew Ballast, Jordan Rubinstein, Dave Epstein, Rachel Hairston, Karen Torres, Christopher Murphy, Ali Cutrone, Tracy Dowd, Lukas Fauset, Thomas Louie, Laura Eisenhard, Anne Twomey, Flamur Tonuzi, Blanca Aulet, Mary Urban, Barbara Slavin, and everyone at Grand Central Publishing, for being a terrific partner all these years.

  To Aaron and Arleen Priest, Lucy Childs Baker, Lisa Erbach Vance, Mitch Hoffman (and thanks for another fine editing job), Frances Jalet-Miller, John Richmond, and Rachael Burlette, for being great friends and advocates.

  To Anthony Forbes Watson, Jeremy Trevathan, Trisha Jackson, Katie James, Alex Saunders, Sara Lloyd, Amy Lines, Stuart Dwyer, Geoff Duffield, Jonathan Atkins, Anna Bond, Sarah Willcox, Leanne Williams, Sarah McLean, Charlotte Williams, and Neil Lang at Pan Macmillan, for continuing to build me to lofty heights around the world.

  To Praveen Naidoo and his team at Pan Macmillan in Australia, for topping themselves with each book.

  To Caspian Dennis and Sandy Violette, for being both great drinking partners and top-notch literary agents!

  To Kyf Brewer and Orlagh Cassidy, for your astounding audio performances.

  To Steven Maat and the entire Bruna team, for doing a wonderful job.

  To auction winners Brenda Fishbaugh, Clément Lamarre, Roark Lambert, and JC Parry, I hope you enjoyed your characters. Thank you for supporting such wonderful organizations.

  And to Kristen White and Michelle Butler, for keeping Columbus Rose going strong!