I want to thank my agent, Mary Beth Chappell, for being excited about this book and taking a chance on it. Thank you for keeping my hope alive at a time when nobody else wanted anything to do with this book.
I must thank Jacque Alberta for championing a medieval romance by an unknown author. Without Jacque, you would not be holding this book. She is a dream-come-true, truly talented editor who has strengthened both the story and the writing. She has blessed me over and over. Thank you, Jacque. I owe you so much.
The Marktplatz in the fictional town of Hagenheim was inspired by the town of Hildesheim, Germany, where I spent six weeks in 1992. That is where I fell in love with medieval architecture.
Growing up in rural south Alabama, I had to have a good imagination to imagine becoming a published author. But the fact that Harper Lee grew up thirty miles away from my hometown of McKenzie gave me hope that if she could do it, maybe I could too. I wrote constantly, but after high school, for about fifteen years, I stopped writing or even reading fiction. Then God gave my dream back to me. Thank you, God, for making my dreams come true and for helping your children, Rose and me included, fulfill our destinies.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dickerson, Melanie.
The healer’s apprentice / Melanie Dickerson.
p. cm.
Summary: Rosa
Summary: In this story loosely based on the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, seventeen-year-old Rose, a healer’s apprentice, falls in love with the betrothed Lord Hamlin, who is seeking the sorcerer who cursed his future bride.
ISBN 978-0-310-72143-7 (softcover)
[1. Love-Fiction. 2. Middle Ages-Fiction. 3. Christian life-Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.D5575He 2010
[Fic]-dc22
2010021582
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