Blessed
Authors: Cynthia Leitich Smith
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously.
Copyright © 2011 by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Cover photograph copyright © 2011 by Elena Fantini
“Cat Calls” copyright © 2009 by Cynthia Leitich Smith
First appeared in
Sideshow: Ten Original Tales of Freaks, Illusionists, and Other Matters Odd and Magical,
published by Candlewick Press.
Reprinted by permission of Curtis Brown, Ltd.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, taping, and recording, without prior written permission from the publisher.
First electronic edition 2011
The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Smith, Cynthia Leitich.
Blessed / Cynthia Leitich Smith. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Sequel to: Tantalize.
Summary: Even as teenaged Quincie Morris adjusts to her appetites as a neophyte vampire, she must clear her true love, the hybrid-werewolf Kieren, of murder charges; thwart the apocalyptic ambitions of Bradley Sanguini, the vampire-chef who “blessed” her; and keep her dead parents’ restaurant up and running before she loses her own soul.
ISBN 978-0-7636-4326-3 (hardcover)
[1. Supernatural — Fiction. 2. Restaurants — Fiction. 3. Vampires — Fiction. 4. Werewolves — Fiction. 5. Orphans — Fiction. 6. Austin (Tex.) — Fiction.]
I. Title.
PZ7.S64464Ble 2011
[Fic] — dc22 2010038697
ISBN 978-0-7636-5448-1 (electronic)
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