Dedication
For Hunter, Liam, and Jackson.Acknowledgments
This book would not be a reality without the help of three of
the key women in my life: Marguerite Savard, who runs my busi-
ness; Susan Paynter Hasankulizade, who edits my quarterly news-
letter; and my wife, Jean Anne, whose five published novels were
part of my literary training.
And I mustn’t forget Robert Patrick O’Connor, the editor
who made all of Jean Anne’s and all of my books happen.