A Grimm Warning (The Land of Stories, #3)(127)

She was trembling and didn’t make eye contact with him. “The M-m-masked M-m-man was here,” she stuttered.

“Did he hurt you?” Conner asked.

Alex shook her head. “He—he—he stole a potion. I—I—I caught him and made him take off his m-m-mask!”

“And what happened?”

“I—I—I saw his face!” Alex shrieked. Tears spilled out of her eyes.

“What was wrong with it?” Conner asked. “Alex, you’re scaring me! Tell me what you saw!”

She turned to her brother and looked him directly in the eyes. He had never seen her so petrified.

“Conner,” she gasped. “The Masked Man—it was Dad!”

For more great reads and free samplers, visit

LBYRDigitalDeals.com





ACKNOWLEDGMENTS


I’d like to thank Rob Weisbach, Alla Plotkin, Rachel Karten, Glenn Rigberg, Derek Kroeger, Lorrie Bartlett, Meredith Wechter, Joanne Wiles, Meredith Fine, and my second brain, Heather Manzutto. Thanks to Alvina Ling, Melanie Chang, Bethany Strout, Megan Tingley, Andrew Smith, and everyone at Little, Brown.


My parents, my sister, Grandma, Will, Ash, Pam, Jamie, Jen, Melissa, Babs, Dot and Bridgette, Romy, Roberto, Char, Whoopi, Brian, and the rest of my friends and family who have provided material for this book without realizing it.


Jerry Maybrook for spending countless hours with me recording audiobooks and for baking the best homemade bread I’ve ever tasted!


The people at St. Matth?us-Kirchhof cemetery and Neuschwanstein Castle. And to all the readers who send me artwork of their favorite characters and book reports—nothing makes me smile more!