The Rose Master (32 page)
Authors: Valentina Cano
It’s been years since I first wrote this novel’s first draft. Since then, a number of people have been crucial in getting it to you in the shape now hold and hopefully enjoyed. Although the story remains intrinsically similar to the one I first conceived, it is a better novel for all the people who have touched it since I jotted it down in my red Moleskine notebook.
My editor,
Kisa
, for your enthusiasm, your invaluable comments on the trickiest scenes, and for giving Lily the emotional girth she deserved.
Thank you,
Ashley
, for giving my novel a chance and for being so unbelievably helpful and kind to a first time author. It has been a privilege to work with
REUTS Publications
.
I want to also thank
Summer
and
Tiffany
who have done such an amazing job putting together all the promotional materials for the novel. You two really understood the “feel” of what I wanted and made it a reality.
Thank you also to my family, in particular my
sister
, who put up with my neurotic concerns and who allowed me to bounce ideas off her until one of them rung true.
And last but never least, thank you to
Loki
and
Carabosse
, for being constant creatures of joy around my laptop.
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The Rose Master
Copyright 2014 by Valentina Cano. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
Cover design by Ashley Ruggirello
Cover art Copyright 2014 scanned-stock/TamvakisPhoto/remidica-stock/MGB-Stock/peroni68/arca-stock on DeviantArt.com
ISBN: 978-0-9896499-6-4
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locals is entirely coincidental.
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