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  Melissa Marr is the New York Times bestselling author of the Wicked Lovely series, Graveminder, and Carnival of Souls. With Kelley Armstrong, she has edited two anthologies (Enthralled and Shards & Ashes) and now coauthors the children’s series The Blackwell Pages. Prior to writing, she taught university literature, including courses on the short story and in gender studies. You can find her online at www.melissa-marr.com.

  Rags & Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales

  Available October 22, 2013, however books are sold.

  Contents

  Cover

  Title Page

  Welcome

  Introduction

  Awakened

  About the Author

  Copyright

  Copyright

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

  Copyright © 2013 by Melissa Marr

  Cover art © 2013 by Grady McFerrin

  Cover © 2013 Hachette Book Group, Inc.

  All rights reserved. In accordance with the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, the scanning, uploading, and electronic sharing of any part of this book without the permission of the publisher is unlawful piracy and theft of the author’s intellectual property. If you would like to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), prior written permission must be obtained by contacting the publisher at [email protected]. Thank you for your support of the author’s rights.

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  First ebook edition: September 2013

  ISBN 978-0-316-28300-7

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