by Jamie Quaid
“You’re learning, Clancy,” Andre said with approval. “It’s really not all about you. Or me. It’s all about us.”
And his nod indicated the reveling crowd of Zone trolls.
I thought I understood. Getting angry wasn’t good. Staying cool and helping others had given me a posse and a home. Getting laid might clear my head.
I slanted Andre a seductive smile, shook off his arm, and joined the dancers on the stage, wrapping my new leg around a pole, letting my swingy hair fly, and exuberantly twirling with one arm in the air just as if I’d done this every day of my life.
We are the champions, indeed.
Maybe I’d teach Andre a lesson or two before I took him home.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This book would never have happened if not for the Cauldron understanding my warped fantasies of unmasked avengers and sending boyfriends to hell. Bless you for being willing to play outside the lines.
My immense gratitude goes next to my agent, Robin Rue, who unquestioningly accepted my diversion from Normal and intrepidly sent my madness to all the right people.
And for the final product, I give credit to my editor, Adam Wilson, for taking on someone else’s project and making it even better than I had imagined. That takes vision as well as intelligence. Thank you!
Last, but never least, my hugs and kisses go to my husband, who never once flinches when I tell him what I’m doing—or when people ask him where I get my ideas. That’s forbearance well beyond the line of duty! I love you.
JAMIE QUAID is the pseudonym for a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. This is the first novel in her Saturn’s Daughter series, featuring Justine Clancy—arbiter of justice, girl detective, and all-around kick-ass heroine. Jamie lives in St. Louis, Missouri.
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