This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Originally titled The Vampire’s Promise

Text copyright © 1993 by Caroline B. Cooney

cover design by Kathleen Lynch

978-1-4532-9540-3

This edition published in 2013 by Open Road Integrated Media

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New York, NY 10014

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