The Bull of Min (19 page)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I spent most of my adult life striving to make a career writing books.
During all those years, I worked at the oddest variety of jobs – any job, just to keep a roof over my head and food in my fridge – while I honed my craft and wrote my books. Some of my jobs were tolerable. Some were exotic and kind of fun. Most were a misery and I couldn’t wait to leave.

What a cruel irony, then, that in the year when my books finally took off and I was at last able to make my lifelong dream a reality, I ended up at a job I truly loved.

Every single person at Trupanion has been a delight to work with – something that can’t be said of most workplaces, especially not with companies as large and growing as this one.
And yet it’s true: each individual is amazing. Many are good friends to me now. Some are as close as family.

I wouldn’t be the person I am today without the friendship of my co-workers at Trupanion: Emily Renfrew, Erin Milholland, Forrest Downey, Whitney Drake, Cuppy Taylor, Connie Park, Emily Burns, Jessica Rogers, Diana Moreno, Crystal Alvarez, Stephanie Manzo, Julie Coulter, Heather Pike, Chrissy Barger, Diana Cross, Paulette Molnar, Pamela Olsen, Jenn Lach, Jayme Markham, Kelly Maheu, Bridget Lombardo, and Tuesday Reimers.
Plus Shannon, whose last name I haven’t learned yet (sorry, Shannon.) And, of course, Nemo, Paisley, Dizzy, Romeo, Cole, Tank, Athena, Cyrus, Mr. Tibbs, Gizmo, Bishop, Iris, Butters, Half Pint, Cherry Bomb, Gary the Longdog, Steeeven, and The Dread Pirate Roberts.

I love you all
so much,
and I’m really going to miss you, every single day.

Thanks as always to Paul Harnden, who puts up with so much and still manages to get excited about everything I write.
Off we go on the first adventure of many.

-Libbie

Return to
Table of Contents

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

L. M. Ironside (Libbie) is the author of five books, with many more on the way. Her historical novels have enjoyed more than two years of steady presence on Top 100 lists in the largest bookstore in the world, and Ironside has become a leading voice in independent historical fiction, where she strives to recreate the drama and humanity of the past with literary style and authentic atmosphere.

She is terrified of elephants, loves the American west, and hates sushi.
She lives in Seattle with her husband and two naughty cats. Find more information about her books at
LibbieHawker.com

The Bull of Min

L. M. Ironside

First Ebook Edition

Copyright © 2014 – Libbie M. Grant

All rights reserved.

LMIronside.com

Cover design: Running Rabbit Press

Cover art: “King David” by

Frederick Arthur Bridgman, 1877, public domain.

Running Rabbit Press

Seattle, WA

290 ½