acknowledgments in no particular order , i would like to acknowledge : brandy , mom and dad , jane austen , g-d , jessica kupillas hartung , cherri trotter , brandys kids , jeff gerecke , diana finch , kate mckean , sourcebooks , ulysses press , hillary king , yossi horowitz , daniel mcgee , brandys husband , amazon.coms used book store , brandys pets except for the new one who keeps bothering her while shes trying to edit , deb werksman , alex shwarzstein , that salvation army on 96th that resells books , talia goldman , talia goldmans mom , congregation agudath israel ( but not acknowledge the agudath israel movement , which is not related and did not contribute to my series ) , rabbanite henkin , brandy again , sharon lathan , phil krugman , abigail reynolds , my brother jason , his girlfriend lindsey , lindseys mom , everyone at austen authors ( authors and fans ) , fanfiction.net , brandys car , every city college professor i had who was actually good to me , that french werewolf movie with the kung fu native american , regina jeffers , pepsi but not coke unless its israel coke and it has real sugar in it , diet coke but not diet pepsi because its horrible , and brandy .