Copyright © 2009, Erin K. Rice. All rights reserved. The novels of Erin K. Rice are works of fiction. Any references to historical events; to real people, living or dead; or to real locales or places of business are intended only to give the fiction a setting in historic or contemporary reality. Other names, characters, places of business, corporations, locations and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and their resemblance, if any, to real-life counterparts is entirely coincidental.