"Julie Kenner - Carpe Demon" - читать интересную книгу автора (Kenner Julie)

It's time for Kate Connor to go back to work.
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Acknowledgments

That I do not speak Italian became painfully apparent when I e-mailed my
pieced-together-from-Internet-research dialogue to the fabulous Eloisa James with SOS in the subject
line, and she very politely told me that I had it all wrong. Even better, she fixed it for me! So a special
thanks to Eloisa for saving my linguistically challenged rump. (But if there are mistakes, blame me and not
her!)

That I do not know Latin became painfully apparent way back in high school. I didn't even try the
Internet route in that regard, just sent out an SOS to the Novelists, Inc. e-mail loop (a wonderful list!)
and heard back almost immediately from Eve Gaddy (who couldn't answer my question but who put me
in touch with a man who could). Thanks to John Harris, Ph.D., who pulled it together for me. I don't
think I've ever taken quite so much pleasure in watching someone analyze the linguistic nuances of telling
the dead to rise!

That I know little about fencing became painfully apparent when the fencing scene was filled with more
XX's than text, indicating all those places where I needed terminology. Thanks to Stefan Leponis for
helping me fill in the blanks and giving me wonderful insight into the world of fencing. And thanks to
He-len for noticing my "I need fencing terminology" whine in my blog and sending her husband, Stefan, to
my rescue!

That I know little about karateтАж well, you get the drift. Special thanks to the wonderful and talented
Lexie for helping me out with uniforms and other details (and, if memory serves, getting to stay up a bit
past bedtime to filter answers back to me through her mom), and to Nancy Northcott for outlining some
of the moves she learned in class.

Also thanks to Deacon Ron Walker, St. Mary's Parish, Austin, Texas, who helped with the Cathedral
layout and other Catholic-related stuff that I really should have knownтАж

Again with the caveat: All mistakes are my own. And they were on purpose. Really. Call it literary
license. Really тАж

And, finally, a special thanks to Don, Kim, Kassie, Allison, Dee, and Kathleen, who all loved Kate from
the moment they met her. And that means the world to me!

Chapter One



My name is Kate Connor and I used to be a Demon Hunter.