Stay tuned for Illusion, the next book in the Heirs of Watson Island series, coming Fall 2016!
Acknowledgments
It took so many people to create Persuasion. This includes, of course, all those named below, but ultimately my biggest thank-you is a general one that goes to the readers, bloggers, reviewers, librarians, and booksellers who have supported Compulsion, and to readers who support and live in fictional worlds in general.
Specifically, I am so, so grateful to:
My husband and kids for putting up with me through a debut year and deadlines that had me working on vacations and even holidays. I’m going to get better at juggling all this, I promise!
The survivors who were kind enough to read and share their very personal stories of PTSD, violence, and sexual assault. For obvious reasons, I won’t name you, but Persuasion wouldn’t exist without your generosity, insight, and tremendous courage.
Sara Sargent, my fabulous and patient editor at Simon Pulse, for her keen eye, sensitivity to balance, and the two million other things that she does for me.
Katherine Devendorf, Bara MacNeill, and Amy Wilson for managing the editing and copyediting and helping me make Persuasion better than I could have hoped to make it.
Regina Flath and Hilary Zarycky for a fantastic cover and interior book design.
The whole incredible team at Simon Pulse and Simon & Schuster who have worked behind the scenes to make this book possible: Mara Anastas, Mary Marotta, Carolyn Swerdloff, Teresa Ronquillo, Lucille Rettino, Christina Pecorale, Emma Sector, Michelle Leo, Anthony Parisi, Candace Green, Katy Hershberger, Nicole Ellul, Sara Berko, Jodie Hockensmith, Kelsey Dickson, and everyone on the editorial, art, marketing, publicity, sales, and rights teams—THANK YOU! I’m so lucky to have you all!
Kent Wolf and Patricia Burke at LMQ and Jessica Regel at Foundry Media for their savvy and kindness, and for not only doing all the things that let me write books in the first place, but also believing in this series and in my career.
My amazing critique partners, Susan Sipal and Erin Cashman, for their expertise, advice, support, and enthusiasm, and the lovely beta readers from my street team—Amanda Pate, Beth Edwards, Brittany Todd, Karina Romano, Elizabeth Dobak, and Stephanie Habina. Love you ladies so much!
Andrew Agha, who patiently explained the archaeology of lowcountry plantations, took me around Charles Town Landing, and then let me twist what he said to suit my fictional purposes. All those twists and departures are, of course, entirely my own fault.
All the generous authors who blurbed Compulsion, came out on the Compelling Reads tour, supported YA series books with me on YASeriesInsiders.com, and/or were kind and patient enough to put up with my newbie enthusiasm and cluelessness while diplomatically teaching me a ton. Sending you big hugs.
All the bloggers who reviewed Compulsion or helped spread the word through giveaways, with special thanks to Hafsah at Icey Books for having been the first, to Jamie at Rock Star Blog Tours and Two Chicks on Books for doing the blog tour, Andye at Reading Teen and Daniel at RT Book Reviews for writing my favorite lines about Eight, and Katie from Mundie Moms for the Compulsion for Magic tour and a review that made me happy cry.
Everyone on the Compulsion street team. You guys! You’re wonderful. Thanks especially to Britt for painted shoes and Alice for word search puzzles, and to Becca, Kate, Alyssa, Beth, and the other captains.
My wonderful AdventuresInYAPublishing.com partners, past and present. Thank you for putting up with my periodic absences and making the blog continue to grow as a support system for aspiring authors.
Jan Lewis and Max Kutil, who do their best to make sure what needs to get done gets done.
And last, but certainly not least, Carol Barreyre and Cici Ramirez for being with me every step of the way and putting up with launch week and making it fun! You know how much I love you, but it bears repeating.
Finally, I’d like to add a special note. Post-traumatic stress disorder affects many different kinds of people, from those who valiantly serve in the military and first-response teams to keep the rest of us safe, to those who have experienced trauma in other ways. PTSD ranges widely in symptoms and intensity, and it can come on immediately after or many years after a traumatic event. It affects the families and loved ones of those who suffer, as well as the victims themselves. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank those who are on the front lines of studying and healing the frequently unseen and undiagnosed effects of PTSD.
If you or someone you know may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, the following sources provide various forms of help and information:
https://www.sidran.org/resources/for-survivors-and-loved-ones/
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/index.asp
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/index.shtml
For book club and curriculum-related bonus material, discussion questions, and additional information on the history and folklore of the Heirs of Watson Island series, please visit the author’s website at www.MartinaBoone.com.
MARTINA BOONE was born in Prague and spoke several languages before learning English. She fell in love with words and never stopped delighting in them. From her home in Virginia, where she lives with her husband, children, and shelter cat, she enjoys writing contemporary fantasy set in the kinds of magical places she’d love to visit. She is also the author of Compulsion.
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Boone, Martina.
Persuasion / by Martina Boone. — First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
p. cm. — (Heirs of Watson Island ; [2])
Summary: When a mysterious man wielding a fatal spell appears at the Watson plantation, claiming the key to the Watson and Beaufort magical gifts and the Colesworth curse lies beneath the mansion, Barrie and dreamy Eight Be
aufort struggle to make sense of the escalating danger and their growing feelings for each other.
[1. Families—Fiction. 2. Love—Fiction. 3. Supernatural—Fiction. 4. Blessing and cursing—Fiction. 5. Orphans—Fiction. 6. Islands—South Carolina—Fiction. 7. South Carolina—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.1.B667Pe 2015 [Fic]—dc23 2014043183
ISBN 978-1-4814-1125-7 (hc)
ISBN 978-1-4814-1127-1 (eBook)
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