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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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GOOD-BYE

PREDATOR OR PREY?

QUOTH THE RAVEN

REST IN PEACE

“HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED”

PARENT TRAP

DEFENDING CAMELOT

SLEEPING SOLO

KINDRED SOULS

ACADEMIC ANXIETY

HELP WANTED

HER MAMA’S DAUGHTER

STAR-CROSSED

SECRET WEAPONS

HAPPY PUPPY DAY

THE BEAST WITHIN

MOONLIGHT MADNESS

WIRELESS CONNECTION

BLOOD SISTERS

SELF-SUFFICIENT

“THE LOTTERY”

MONSTERQUEST

A CERTAIN EDGE

BUSINESS AS USUAL

REALITY CHECK

THE “VAMPIRE” CHEF

GUARDIANS

IN THE RED

DRESSED TO KILL

EARTH ANGEL

HELL SPAWN AND HEAVEN SENT

SORCERY AND SECRECY

“ALL SORTS OF QUEER DREAMS”

STILL WATERS

MISSING MIRANDA

HOME AND FAMILY

HER DADDY’S GIRL

MASTER AND MADNESS

SOUL SISTERS

GONE BATTY

SAVIOR

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN

NOW, THERE’S A METAPHOR

KICKING IT, OLD-SCHOOL

BAD NEWS

WORSE NEWS

THE SCENE OF THE CRIME

A WING AND A PRAYER

HOT BLOOD

THE ROAD TO HELL

GOOD INTENTIONS

HELL ON EARTH

THE DEVIL YOU KNOW

ENEMIES CLOSER

DESTINIES AND DESTINATIONS

INVASION

MAIN STREET MASSACRE

BUT FOR THE GRACE

LOVERS, ALLIES, AND ENEMIES

ANGELS ON ROOFTOPS

ENDLESS LOVE

“DENN DIE TODTEN REITEN SCHNELL”

“YOU MAY ALL GO TO HELL, AND I WILL GO” TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

DRACUL ONE

UNRESOLVED

MORTIFIED

ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE

MOONLIGHT AND MAGNETISM

THE HUNTED

LOCKOUT

IT’S ELEMENTARY . . .

TAKE BACK THE NIGHTMARE

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