Demon Forged

into writing this tale. The characters are deep, as is the world that is set up.”
    — The Romance Readers Connection
    “Brook . . . creates fantastic death-defying love . . . Extremely erotic . . . With a paranormal twist.”
    — Fresh Fiction
    “Intriguing . . . The sex is piping hot.”
    — Romance Reviews Today
    “I look forward to many more tales from Ms. Brook.”
    — Joyfully Reviewed

Titles by Meljean Brook
    DEMON ANGEL
DEMON MOON
DEMON NIGHT
DEMON BOUND
DEMON FORGED
    Anthologies
    HOT SPELL
    (with Emma Holly, Lora Leigh, and Shiloh Walker)
    WILD THING
    (with Maggie Shayne, Marjorie Liu, and Alyssa Day)
    FIRST BLOOD
    (with Susan Sizemore, Erin McCarthy, and Chris Marie Green)
    MUST LOVE HELLHOUNDS
    (with Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh, and Ilona Andrews)



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    DEMON FORGED
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    Writing is solitary work, but a book can’t be produced alone. Thank you to my editor, Cindy Hwang, who is patient and brilliant, and I thank God every day that she’s mine. To her assistant, Leis Pederson, who gets me everything I need. To the art department at Berkley, and the cover artist, Cliff Nielsen, who blew my socks off with this spectacular design, and an image that is everything I write my heroines to be: strong, strong, strong . . . and sexy. And to everyone else at Berkley whose work has touched the books in this series—I can’t thank you enough.
    Also, my undying gratitude goes to Nathalie Nguyen, who helped me out with the French that my Spanish classes in high school and college never covered. To Michelle Dominguez, who checked my Italian. Everything correct is theirs, every error is, of course, mine. To Ilona Andrews, Jill Myles, Jennifer Lampe, Holly Mercer, and Kate Garrabrant, who always manage to send me e-mails at exactly the right time, whether they know it or not. And to all of the readers who stop by my blog, drive to a signing, or send me e-mails and cookies to share with my daughter, and whose lives touch my strange little one—thank you.
    To the city of San Francisco: I’m sorry. I couldn’t pick up City Hall and move it, so I took liberties.

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