by Bankes, Liz
Perhaps I should flip a coin.
Acknowledgments
Piccadilly people:
Brenda, for making this happen, expert guidance, and being the first person to meet my characters.
Andrea, for sending me the best books to review, believing I could write, and for a marketing meeting in which we discussed writing Irresistible on men’s chests.
Anne, for reading the chapters I sent last summer and now being my agent.
Melissa, for my first editing, which has improved my writing more than anything else has done ever, and for spotting Mr. Darcy.
Also Natasha, Margot, and all the other fabulous people who work there!
Family and friend people:
Mum, for instilling in me a love of books and Austen. And just for everything.
Dad, for instilling in me a sense of humor. And for advising me on vintage port.
Edd—otherwise known as “the next Roald Dahl”—for his editorial eye and sarcasm.
Suzy, who is more like a friend than a dog (barely), for encouraging me to write and for many hilarious escapades. Together, we’re better by far.
Celia, Emily, Han the Man, Laura, Lorna, Lizzie, Nadia, and Matt. Terribly funny ladies and man. Thank you for all your support in my recent months of being a small author person, and in the years before when I was just a small person.
The admin team at the Nature science journal (plus Claire, Tanye, and Haslet), for making my day job hilarious.
Author people (Friends with pens):
Non Pratt, for letting me talk about “bad boys” over a beer, for reading both the book and my crazy e-mails, and for general awesomeness.
Sally Prue, who is Irresistible’s official Great-Aunt.
Reader people:
This is YOU. Thank you so much for reading!
A Note on the Author
Liz Bankes writes for the same reason she reads—to have marvelous adventures without leaving the sofa. While Irresistible is not based on her own experience, she entertains hopes of meeting her own Jamie Elliot-Fox someday. She lives and works in London as an editorial assistant. Irresistible is her first book.
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First published in Great Britain in 2013 by Piccadilly Press Ltd.
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