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Katie MacAIister
You Slay Me
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Writing a book is never an entirely solitary endeavor, which is one reason I offer my thanks and appreciation to Patty Woodwell for casting her eagle eye over the French used in this book. I'd also like to thank the wonderful people at NAL: my witty editor, Laura Cifelli, editorial director Claire Zion, who read the book while Laura was away, and publisher Kara Welsh, who gave the OK to let me try something new with this series. I would also like to thank Christine Feehan for her friendship, support, and for being the inspiration for a karaoke-singing demon in Newfoundland dog form.


1
"Ezling."
"No, it's Aisling."
"Azhlee?"
"Aisling. It's Irish."
The Orly passport control man glared suspiciously at me over the top of my passport. "Your passport, it says you are American."
I rallied, a smile when I really wanted to scream with frustration instead. "I am. My mother was Irish, hence the name Aisling."
He transferred his glare to the passport. "A-sling."
I tried not to sigh too obviously. I might be brand-spanking-new to the courier business, but instinctively I knew that if I showed the least sign of impatience with being grilled on the pronunciation of my name, Antoine the passport man would drag out his interrogation. I sweetened my smile, pushed down the worry that something would go wrong with the job, and said very slowly, "It's pronounced ash-ling."
"Ash-leen," Antoine said, his eyes narrowing in concentration.
I nodded. It was close enough.
"Bon, we march forward," he said, flipping through my passport. "You are five feet and nine inches tall, have gray eyes, are thirty-one years of age, unmarried, and you live in Seattle, state of Washington, America. This is all correct, yes?"