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I have found someone to love, and though I m afraid, every day, of where this
love might lead me and of what the future holds, still I am going to go on.
Jake will forever hold you in his heart as his father, and I will forever
hold you in my heart as my first and greatest love.
Give me your blessing until we meet again.
Your Laurie.
She sealed the letter in a bottle and tossed the bottle out into the waves.
And then she turned back to see her friends, her supporters, the people who
believed in her, standing on the shore watching her. And with them her dear
friend and her new love, Pete.
Her heart skipped a beat, and she smiled at him, and he and Jake both waved to
her.
She turned back to the sea, to where June Bug had vanished. I ll dare to live,
she promised herself. I ll dare to love, and dare to fight, so that when I die
my life will be a testament to the chances I took, and not to the chances I
was afraid to take.
And she whispered, Thank you, June Bug. Go find happiness. It s waiting there
for you. I know it is.
Then she started back to shore.
Acknowledgments
My thanks to:
The fast turnaround crew, who bug-hunted with both vim AND vigor, and with
lightning speed found an astonishing array of typos, spellos, and continuity
errors Sheila Kelly, Kay House, James Milton, Jim & Valerie Mills, Linda
Sprinkle, and Lazette & Russ Gifford. Between them, they dug out 497 mistakes
that I missed, and got these errors back to me in typed, line-separated,
database-sortable form in three days from the day they received a manuscript
they d never seen and in some cases got them back in hours rather than days.
Your comments were brilliant, your eyes were keen, and I am deeply grateful.
You were wonderful.
The slow turnaround crew, who read long and deeply, sought out theme and story
and the places where those two failed to meet, and brought the news back to me
clearly and kindly, asking incisive questions and offering useful
suggestions Sheila Kelly again, BJ Steeves, Joshua Johnston, Krista Heiser,
Jinx Kimmer, and David Stone. You pushed me to think harder about the story,
the theme, what I wanted to do with this story and how I wanted to get there,
and if, after all the revising and reworking, I have not answered your
questions, the fault is mine alone. Thank you so much for your help; it made a
world of difference.
About the Author
HOLLY LISLE is the author of more than twenty books, including Memory of Fire
and The Wreck of Heaven (Books One and Two of The World Gates), the Secret
Texts trilogy, and novels co-written with bestselling authors Mercedes Lackey
and Marion Zimmer Bradley
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THE WORLD GATES
A delightful yarn of shared lives, shared universes, and shared magic& [that]
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grips from the opening paragraph, snagging the reader on a fast and furious
tale that is at times heroic, at times poignant, and at all times
entertaining.
Elizabeth Haydon
A literal walk through the looking glass into worlds of adventure and
romance.
Susan Sizemore
Lisle seems to be an author unlikely to write a sloppy or stupid book.
Chicago Sun-Times
Holly Lisle at her best& It s always a delight to read [her] books.
S.L. Viehl
Holly Lisle s work has grown beyond my wildest expectations.
Mercedes Lackey
Also by Holly Lisle
MEMORY OF FIRE
Book One of The World Gates
THE WRECK OF HEAVEN
Book Two of The World Gates
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