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3. SOLITAIRE FOR Two................................................ 50

4. DREAM CHASE ...................................................... 70

5. GOOD MAGICIAN ................................................... 88

6. WORLDS BEYOND KEN ............................................ 107

7. ROAD TO THE ISLES................................................ 129

8. ISLES OF WO ...................................................... 152

9. SERIOUS SEDUCTION............................................... 170

10. GALS GALORE ...................................................... 193

11. ISLE OF WOLVES...................................................213

U. IMPROMPTU INGENUE..............................................235

13. LOVE'S LABORS .................................................... 252

8 Contents

14 NOTABIL NUPTIALS

Epilog

Author s Note

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he approached the Good Magician's Castle on foot an obscure woman of indeterminate age in a flowing robe, steadying herself with a staff She looked neither lovely nor regal, without being deficient in either quality She earned a large book in the crook of her left elbow

The castle was obviously not expecting visitors The drawbridge was up, laundry was hanging from a window, and the moat monster was snoozing

The woman was unperturbed She touched the surface of the water with the tip of her staff, then stepped onto the moat She walked across, her slippers denting but not penetrating the surface Small ripples traveled out across the moat

The moat monster woke with a start as a ripple gently lifted his nose He blinked then coiled into action He raised his head high, opened his jaws, and oriented on the figure He inhaled, ready to breathe tierce water vapor on the trespasser

"Relax, Souffle," she said