title: Destined for an Early Grave
author:  Jeaniene Frost 
description: Jeaniene Frost is the New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of the Night Huntress series and the Night Huntress World novels. To date, foreign rights for her novels have sold to nineteen different countries. Jeaniene lives in North Carolina with her husband Matthew, who long ago accepted that she rarely cooks and always sleeps in on the weekends. Aside from writing, Jeaniene enjoys reading, poetry, watching movies with her husband, exploring old cemeteries, spelunking and traveling - by car. Airplanes, children, and cook books frighten her.
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  Destined for an Early Grave
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A Night Huntress Novel
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Jeaniene Frost
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  To my sister Jeanne,
  
  
    
  
  
  who had the courage to walk away
  
  
    
  
  
  and the strength not to go back.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [One](Destined%20for%20an%20Early%20Grave%20%5bNight%20Huntress%2004%5d%20-%20Jeaniene%20Frost_split_003.html#filepos7560)
  
  
  
  
  
  IF HE CATCHES ME, I’M DEAD.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Two](Destined%20for%20an%20Early%20Grave%20%5bNight%20Huntress%2004%5d%20-%20Jeaniene%20Frost_split_004.html#filepos27623)
  
  
  
  
  
  I’D ARGUED, OF COURSE. BOTH MEN GAVE ME looks that…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Three](Destined%20for%20an%20Early%20Grave%20%5bNight%20Huntress%2004%5d%20-%20Jeaniene%20Frost_split_005.html#filepos52906)
  
  
  
  
  
  …WAKING UP NOW…”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Four](Destined%20for%20an%20Early%20Grave%20%5bNight%20Huntress%2004%5d%20-%20Jeaniene%20Frost_split_006.html#filepos65629)
  
  
  
  
  
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