And when she did, she knew she would not be alone, that Dean would be with her, and she with him. Together again at last. Partners in crime, best friends, lovers—in this life and in the next, and ever after, no matter what might come.
Always. Until the end of forever.
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Christopher Keeslar, for his infinite patience, compassion, and sheer talent as an editor; Lucienne Diver, who is sharp, funny, and wonderfully supportive; Brianna Yamashita, for all her creativity and hard work at Dorchester; Nikki, for her insights; and my parents, who are the kind of best friends most kids can only dream of having.
I would also like to thank my fantastic readers, who don’t seem to mind joining me on these wild rides inside my head. Thank you for the company.
Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
THE RED HEART OF JADE. Copyright © 2006 by Marjorie M. Liu. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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