title: Gates of Paradise (A Blue Bloods Novel)
author:  Melissa de la Cruz 
description: <strong>Melissa de la Cruz</strong> (www.melissa-delacruz.com) is the author of many best-selling novels, including all the books in the Blue Bloods series: <em>Blue Bloods</em>, <em>Masquerade</em>, <em>Revelations</em>, <em>The Van Alen Legacy, Keys to the Repository, Misguided Angel,</em> <em>Bloody Valentine, </em>and <em>Lost in Time.</em> She lives in Los Angeles, California with her husband and daughter, and is hard at work on a new series.
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  ![Gates of Paradise](../Images/00001.jpeg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2013 by Melissa de la Cruz
  
  
  All rights reserved. Published by Hyperion, an imprint of Disney Book Group.
  No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any
  means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any
  information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the
  publisher. For information address Hyperion, 114 Fifth Avenue, New York, New
  York 10011-5690.
  
  
  ISBN 978-1-4231-7912-2
  
  
  Cover design by Tanya Ross-Hughes
  
  
  Cover photograph © 2012 by Ali Smith
  
  
  Visit [www.un-requiredreading.com](http://www.un-requiredreading.com)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _For my Blue Bloods family_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  _Your time will come._
  
  
  _You will face the same evil, and you will defeat it._
  
  
  —Arwen to Aragorn
  
  
  Peter Jackson’s _The Fellowship of the Ring_
  
  
  _Knock, knock, knocking on heaven’s door._
  
  
  —Bob Dylan
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  