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Acknowledgements

I always have a long list of thank-yous when I travel, but for this trip, a few people definitely stood out. The staff at the Argentina Residenza in Rome and the AC staff in Venice were welcoming and incredibly informative. My most excellent tour guide in Naples and Pompeii, Fiorella Squillante, made our Naples experience a true pleasure and provided invaluable insight to this marvelous city.
 

Naples! Napoli, in general. Thank you. You are marvelous and I can’t wait to visit you again.

Venice, my love. Despite your truly oppressive weather, I’ll never turn down a chance to visit your magical streets.

A very special thank you to my Italian beta reader, Sara Villa, for her generous assistance and keen eyes.

Profuse thanks, as always, to my editors Lora Gasway and Anne Victory, my cover artists at Damonza, and my agents, Jane Dystel and Lauren Abramo.

And many thanks to my readers who have become such fans of this very unlikely (but oddly perfect) duo. Your love of these characters inspires me.

ELIZABETH HUNTER is a contemporary fantasy, paranormal romance, and paranormal mystery writer. She is a graduate of the University of Houston Honors College and a former English teacher. She once substitute taught a kindergarten class but decided that middle school was far less frightening. Thankfully, people now pay her to write books and eighth graders everywhere rejoice.

She currently lives in Central California with her son, two dogs, many plants, and a sadly empty fish tank. She is the author of the Elemental Mysteries and Elemental World series, the Cambio Springs series, the Irin Chronicles, and other works of fiction.

Also by Elizabeth Hunter

The Irin Chronicles

The Scribe

The Singer

The Secret

On a Clear Winter Night (short story)

The Elemental Mysteries Series

A Hidden Fire

This Same Earth

The Force of Wind

A Fall of Water

Lost Letters & Christmas Lights
 

The Elemental World Series

Building From Ashes

Waterlocked
 

Blood and Sand

The Bronze Blade
 

The Scarlet Deep

Beneath a Waning Moon

The Elemental Legacy Series

Shadows and Gold

Imitation and Alchemy

The Cambio Springs Series

Shifting Dreams

Long Ride Home (short story)

Desert Bound

Five Mornings (short story)

Waking Hearts

Contemporary Romance

The Genius and the Muse

Imitation and Alchemy

Copyright © 2015

Elizabeth Hunter

ISBN: 978-1-941674-07-9

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