MIDNIGHT QUEST: A Short 'Men of Midnight' Novel (24 page)

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To my son David, the filmmaker. Live long and prosper, my darling.

Thanks to my great agent, Christine Witthohn, and wonderful editor, Kelli Collins. And a special thanks to my assistant, Kim Golden, who does all the hard stuff.

Lisa Marie Rice is eternally 30 years old and will never age. She is tall and willowy and beautiful. Men drop at her feet like ripe pears. She has won every major book prize in the world. She is a black belt with advanced degrees in archaeology, nuclear physics, and Tibetan literature. She is a concert pianist. Did I mention her Nobel Prize?

Of course, Lisa Marie Rice is a virtual woman and exists only at the keyboard when writing romance. She disappears when the monitor winks off.

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