Debt of Honor (31 page)

About the Author

Ann Clement lives in New England with her husband, two rambunctious Dalmatians adopted from a dog shelter, and three cats with a similarly impressive pedigree. When not at her day job, she teleports (mentally) to Regency England to meet the characters populating her stories or, in warmer months, tends to her garden.
Debt of Honor
is her debut novel that won the historical category in The Write Stuff contest and finaled in the Royal Ascot contest. Ann would love to hear from her readers at
[email protected]
. Please visit her at
www.annclement.com
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Debt of Honor

Copyright © 2015 by Ann Clement

ISBN: 978-1-61923-001-9

Edited by Linda Ingmanson

Cover by Leah Kaye Suttle

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