Heart of Iron (Heart of Iron #1)(110)

Without Eric Smith, Ana would’ve been lost on the dark side of Palavar forever, and without Sara Taylor Woods and our writing dates, I would’ve never turned anything in on time.

To all the friends who believed in me over the years—Savannah Apperson, Rae Chang, Nita Tyndall, Jarad Greene, Paul Krueger, Nicole Brinkley, Julie Daly, Alona Fryman, Shae McDaniel, Meredith Rich, Victoria Schwab, Katherine Locke, Christianna Marks, and Cera Osmialowski, who dared me to write a bad-ass heroine.

And without my weirdo, wonderful family, I would have never been able to chase the dream tucked into the corner of my heart. Thank you for letting me chase it.

Thank you to everyone at Balzer + Bray—Alessandra Balzer, Donna Bray, Jordan Brown, Kristin Rens, Tiara Kittrell. To the stellar sales team, Andrea Pappenheimer, Kerry Moynagh, Kathy Faber, Heather Doss, and everyone else I haven’t named. To my cover designer and the artist who thought up such a star-studded cover, Sarah Kaufman and John Dismukes. To the rad souls in marketing, Nellie Kurtzman, Bess Braswell, Tyler Breitfeller, Ebony LaDelle, Audrey Diestelkamp, Sabrina Abballe; and to Caroline Sun in publicity; and to the powerhouses in production, Allison Brown, Meghan Pettit, and Nicole Moulaison. Y’all rock.

Last but not least, thank you, reader, for taking this journey with me. May you be as brave as Ana, as noble as Di, as ambitious as Robb, and as confident as Jax.

You are my Iron Kingdom.

May the stars keep you steady and the iron keep you safe.