Wisp of a Thing

Copyright

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

WISP OF A THING

Copyright © 2013 by Alex Bledsoe

All rights reserved.

Cover photographs by Sarah Ann Loreth (woman) and Irene Lamprakou (trees) / Arcangel Images

Cover design by Jamie Stafford-Hill

“Wrought Iron Fences” written by Kate Campbell, Ira Campbell, and Johnny Pierce copyright © 1996 by Large River Music Inc. (BMI)/CedarSong Publishing (BMI). Used by permission.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Bledsoe, Alex.

Wisp of a thing / Alex Bledsoe.—First Edition.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-7653-3413-8 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-4668-0826-3 (e-book)

1. Musicians—Fiction. 2. Magic—Fiction. 3. Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3602.L456W57 2013

813’.6—dc23

2013003720

e-ISBN 9781466808263

First Edition: June 2013