Such A Secret Place (Stolen Tears Book 1)

by Cortney Pearson

  And on that note, Angie Cothran, map-artist-extraordinaire, you and your mad drawing skills amaze me. Brilliant, I tell you, Brilliant!

  To Tiana Burbank and Sandy Warren, for being my Burley BFFs and reading my stuff. <3

  To my mother for being my constant source of free therapy, for listening to me and helping me, for laughing and crying with me. I love you, Mom.

  To my Heavenly Father, for true inspiration and answers to prayers.

  To my three beautiful sons, for your constant energy and for always including me in your adventures. You bring sunshine to my life.

  To Duane, for drying my tears. For all the things, babe. I love you.

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  Excerpt from THE LITTLE PRINCE by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, translated by Richard Howard. Copyright 1943 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Copyright © renewed 1971 by Consuelo de Saint-Exupery, English translation copyright © 2000 by Richard Howard. Reprinted permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

  Cortney Pearson is the author of PHOBIC, about doors that shouldn't be opened, and the Stolen Tears series, about an enchanted vial of tears and the girl chosen to wield them. She is a mother, a musician, and a lover of pink and sparkles, and she currently lives with her husband and three sons in a small Idaho farm town.

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  "I read this book fast with a pumping heart. Expect cliffhangers and cold chills. Don't expect to get much sleep! Highly recommended."

  -Anne, a reviewer

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  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, places, incidents, or events are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

  Edited by Jen Hendricks

  Cover Design by Najla Qamber Designs

  Map Artwork by Angie Cothran

  Author Photo by Clayton Photography + Design

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