The Bake-Off

  Police officer Eric Whittington and Superior Court Judge Joseph Heilman, who answered my endless questions about jail, bail, and what a nice suburban girl has to do to get arrested on a school night.

  Marc Reid and Ori Brown of the Marc Reid Salon, who dished about what it’s really like on a photo shoot. When Vogue asks me to pose for the cover, I’ll be calling you both to act as my glam squad.

  Danielle Perez, my wonderful editor and late-night e-mail buddy, who shares my love for baked goods and high-maintenance dogs.

  Christina Hogrebe and Meg Ruley, my amazing agents, for keeping me sane and gainfully employed. Because of you, my corporate dress code is fuzzy slippers and my coworkers are canine. Who could ask for anything more?

  Beth Kendrick is still mastering the Zen art of making piecrust, but she can whip up a decadent chocolate-cranberry cheesecake, and her chocolate-chip cookies have been described as “utopian.” Her previous novels include Second Time Around, The Pre-nup, and Nearlyweds. She lives in Arizona with her family and a pair of unruly rescue dogs. Visit her Web site at www.BethKendrick.com.

  ALSO BY BETH KENDRICK

  Second Time Around

  The Pre-nup

  Nearlyweds

  Fashionably Late

  Exes and Ohs

  My Favorite Mistake