Authors: Vicki Pettersson

Cheat the Grave (37 page)

Acknowledgments

Profound thanks go to my business and creative partners, Miriam Kriss and Diana Gill, whom I'm also blessed to call my friends. Immense gratitude also goes out to Jeaniene Frost, Melissa Marr, Kim Harrison, and Rachel Vincent for being ever-supportive allies and peers. Thanks to my readers as well, especially Dave Torres, Raven, and Joy Maiorana for early readings, and those other twisted souls on my message board who've used my books as an excuse to spawn happy chaos in cyberspace. I'm proud to be your mascot.

About the Author

The
New York Times
and
USA Today
bestselling author of
The Scent of Shadows, The Taste of Night, The Touch of Twilight
, and
City of Souls
,
VICKI PETTERSSON
was born and raised in Vegas. She still lives in Sin City, where a backyard view of the Strip regularly inspires her to set down her martini and head back to the computer.

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Praise
The war for our world is being fought in the shadowsâ¦
New York Times
bestseller
VICKIÂ PETTERSSON'
s SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC

“Vicki Pettersson is a new voice that needs to be heard.”

Kim Harrison

“[Pettersson] blends fantasy, comic book super-heroism, and paranormal romance, but holds no promise of a happily-ever-afterâ¦[Readers] will embrace Pettersson's enduring, tough-as-nails heroine and anticipate gleefully the next volume.”

Publishers Weekly

“Pettersson's paranormal world is as original as it is compelling. The action comes fast and furious. Like Las Vegas itself, this is an adventure that'll keep you up all night.”

Kelley Armstrong

“Unputdownableâ¦with nonstop bursts of action and imagination.”

Diana Gabaldon

“Passion and intrigue, heartbreak and victoryâ¦Nothing is predictableâ¦except the need to read more.”

Melissa Marr

Books by Vicki Pettersson

T
HE
S
CENT OF
S
HADOWS

The First Sign of the Zodiac

T
HE
T
ASTE OF
N
IGHT

The Second Sign of the Zodiac

T
HE
T
OUCH OF
T
WILIGHT

The Third Sign of the Zodiac

C
ITY OF
S
OULS

The Fourth Sign of the Zodiac

C
HEAT THE
G
RAVE

The Fifth Sign of the Zodiac

Credits

Cover art by Don Sipley

Copyright

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

CHEAT THE GRAVE
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First Eos paperback printing: June 2010

EPub Edition Â© April 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-199795-2

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