O’er hearts of two that were star-crossed,
The Dark Bride of Deeprath.
For Mom and Dad
No parents could be more real than you
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We have a collection of three-word mottoes in our family. But it was five words I lived by while writing this book: I can do hard things. That is true. It’s also true that I can do nothing—hard or otherwise—without help.
Tamar Rydzinski: for your kindness, your steadiness, your patience, and for being simply one of the best humans I know, thank you. I would not have written this book—or any book in the last two years—without you.
Kate Miciak: your faith in me and my writing has sustained me through both professional and personal droughts. Any success this book enjoys belongs to you.
At Random House, I have been supported by the finest and most enthusiastic people in the business: Alyssa Matesic, who deals with my every deadline and delay and query quickly and with good humor; Shona McCarthy and Nancy Delia, who magically produced an actual book from the jumble of words I provided; Peter Weissman, who must think I never speak in complete sentences if the amount of ellipses he has to copyedit is any indication; Victoria Allen and Caroline Cunningham, who have designed the atmospheric and beautifully Gothic cover and interior of my dreams; and Catherine Mikula and Maggie Oberrender who present my books to the public in the most flattering light. I owe each of you dinner and flowers and chocolates and whatever else your heart desires for working so hard on my own heart’s desire.
And my family: we’re still here. Every one of us. That is a gift I never take lightly. Each word I write is made possible by your love.
BY LAURA ANDERSEN
THE BOLEYN KING TRILOGY
The Boleyn King
The Boleyn Deceit
The Boleyn Reckoning
THE TUDOR LEGACY TRILOGY
The Virgin’s Daughter
The Virgin’s Spy
The Virgin’s War
The Darkling Bride
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
LAURA ANDERSEN is married with four children, and possesses a constant sense of having forgotten something important. She has a B.A. in English (with an emphasis in British history), which she puts to use by reading everything she can lay her hands on.
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