title: The Bookstore Valentine (Penguin Young Readers, Level 3)
author:  Barbara Maitland 
description: <b>Barbara Maitland </b>is a children&rsquo;s book author. Her works include <i>The Bookstore Burglar </i>and <i>The Bookstore Ghost</i>.&#160;<br><br><b>David LaRochelle </b>is the author of many books for children including&#160;<i>How Martha Saved Her Parents from Green Beans, The Best Pet of All</i>,&#160;and&#160;<i>The Haunted Hamburger and Other Ghostly Stories</i>. David lives in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.
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  **Begin Reading**
  
  Table of Contents
  
  A Preview of _Dearest Rogue_
  
  Newsletters
  
  Copyright Page
  
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  publisher at permissions@hbgusa.com. Thank you for your support of the
  author’s rights.
  
   _For my lovely agent, Robin Rue, who got me the contract so I could write_
  Darling Beast.
  
   _Acknowledgments_
  
  Thank you:
  
  To Susannah Taylor, who took time out of an around-the-world, once-in-a-
  lifetime cruise to read the first draft of _Darling Beast_.
  
  To Cindy Dees, who helped untangle the end of a rather convoluted plot and
  found a motivation for Valentine to boot.