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The Villain Keeper

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by Laurie McKay


  Lastly, I’d like to acknowledge my office mates Adrienne and Amy, who read and gave me feedback, and Janie, Erin, Angel, and Lisa, who were always supportive; thanks also to my writing buddies Kat and Chelsea for brainstorming with me, and my friends Lorrie, Krista, Laura, Charlie, and Sam.

  About the Author

  Photo by Sarah Ball

  LAURIE McKAY lives in Durham, North Carolina, with her family and her two dogs. She earned her bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her master’s degree in biological oceanography from North Carolina State University. She’s taught at the Chesapeake Bay Governor’s School for Marine and Environmental Science and in the North Carolina community college system. When she’s not dodging students and prepping lab activities, she’s sitting at a local coffee shop and daydreaming about all things fantastical. Follow her on Twitter @McKayLL and visit her online at www.lauriemckay.net.

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  Credits

  Cover art © 2015 by Eric Deschamps

  Cover design by Bob Steimle

  Copyright

  THE LAST DRAGON CHARMER BOOK 1: VILLAIN KEEPER. Copyright © 2015 by Laurie McKay. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, 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 hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  McKay, Laurie.

  The villain keeper / Laurie McKay. — First edition.

  pages cm. — (The last dragon charmer ; book 1)

  Summary: Nothing is more important to Prince Caden of Razzon than slaying a dragon, but his quest proves more difficult than he thought when he and his nemesis, the sorceress Brynne, are unexpectedly trapped in magicless Asheville, North Carolina.

  ISBN 978-0-06-230843-6 (hardcover)

  EPub Edition © December 2014 ISBN 9780062308450

  [1. Princes—Fiction. 2. Heroes—Fiction. 3. Dragons—Fiction. 4. Magic—Fiction. 5. Asheville (N.C.)—Fiction.] I. Title.

  PZ7.1.M437Vi 2015

  2014038650

  [Fic]—dc23

  CIP

  AC

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  14 15 16 17 18 CG/RRDH 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

  FIRST EDITION

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