To Give Credit Where Credit is Due....

Hearts of Ice is dedicated to my brother, Kurt, who is one of the greatest guys on the face of the earth. I am Valentine to his Ender.

I couldn't live without my pre-readers, past and present, and I can't thank them enough:

Kurt (My only prereader, once upon a time...)
Alan Harnum
Ryan (god of grammar) Chang
KaraOhki (June Geraci)
Gary Kleppe
Mike Loader
Mark MacKinnon
Mike Noakes
Raphael See
Michelle Thatcher
Sebastian Weinberg
Bridget Wilde
J. Austin Wilde
(I sure hope that, in my absent-mindedness, I haven't missed someone. ^_^;)

This may be redundant, but I would be an ungrateful worm if I didn't thank everyone again for all the encouraging email. You have ensured the continuance of this fic against all the forces in Real Life that have conspired to make me abandon it. So, Thank You. ^_^

For those of you who noticed the cool title graphic, that was created and sent to me by Chris Romp. Thanks, Chris! ^_^

And, of course, much thanks to Ann-megami-sama, the patron goddess of this web page. It is by her grace alone that it exists at all. ^_^

Krista