Twilight

I touched his face. 'Look,' I said. 'I love you more than everything else in the world combined. Isn't that enough?'

'Yes, it is enough,' he answered, smiling. 'Enough for forever.'

And he leaned down to press his cold lips once more to my throat.

Acknowledgments

A huge thank you to:

my parents, Steve and Candy,

for a lifetime of love and support,S

for reading great books to me when I was young,

and for still holding my hand through the

things that make me nervous;

my husband, Pancho, and my sons, Gabe, Seth, and Eli,

for sharing me so often with my imaginary friends;

my friends at Writers House,

Genevieve Gagne-Hawes, for giving me that first chance,

and my agent Jodi Reamer, for turning the most

unlikely dreams into realities;

my editor Megan Tingley, for all her help in

making Twilight better than it started out;

my brothers, Paul and Jacob, for their expert advice on all

my automotive questions; and my online family,

the talented staff and writers at fansofrealitytv.com,

 particularly Kimberly 'Shazzer,' and Collin 'Mantenna'

for the encouragement, advice,

and inspiration.