Colleen Hoover: Maybe Someday

I’ve never needed to feel more.

I lift my head and look back down into her eyes.

She’s a part of me now.

I’m a part of her.

I kiss her softly on the nose and mouth and chin, then press my ear against her heart again. For the first time in my life, I hear absolutely everything.

So many people to thank and so few words to do it in. First, not a single book I’ve started writing would ever reach the end if it weren’t for those who encourage me and give me feedback along the way. In no particular order, these people deserve a huge thanks for always tagging along during the writing process.

Christina Collie, Gloria Green, Autumn Hull, Tammara Webber, Tracey-Garvis Graves, Karen Lawson, Jamie McGuire, Abbi Glines, Marion Archer, Mollie Harper, Vannoy Fite, Lin Reynolds, Kaci Blue-Buckley, Pamela Carrion, Jenny Aspinall, Sarah Hansen, Madison Seidler, Aestas, Natasha Tomic, Kay Miles, Sali-Benbow Powers, Vilma Gonzalez, Crystal Cobb, Dana Ferrell, the ever-supportive Kathryn Perez, and everyone else I’ve bugged along the way.

Thank you to my girls of FP. There are no words. Except these seventeen words, I guess.

Thank you, Joel and Julie Williams, for being amazingly supportive.

Tarryn Fisher, for being my confidence and also my reality check.

My husband and boys, for being the best four men on the planet.

Elizabeth Gunderson and Carol Keith McWilliams for your feedback, knowledge, and support. You are simply beautiful, and I couldn’t have done it without either of you.

Jane Dystel and the entire Dystel & Goderich team for their continued support.

Judith Curr, publisher of Atria Books, and her team for going above and beyond their duties. Your support is unmatched.

To my editor, Johanna Castillo. To say I was nervous about delivering my first stand-alone to you is an understatement. I should have known better than to be nervous, because the two of us make a great team. I am so lucky to have you.

A HUGE thank-you to the Maybe Someday team: Chris Peterson, Murphy Fennell, and Stephanie Cohen. You guys rocked it.

And last, but definitely not least, Griffin Peterson. Thank you. A million times thank you. Your talent and work ethic can’t go unmentioned, but your support and enthusiasm go above and beyond. There isn’t even an emoji worthy enough.

Oh, and to Dave and Pooh Bear, just for the heck of it.