title: Merrick's Maiden: Cosmos' Gateway Book 5 (Volume 5)
author:  S. E. Smith 
description: <span>"Honorable heroes, smart women, and an imagination that just won't quit." (Michele Callahan, Author of the Time Walker series)</span>
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  **Merrick’s Maiden:**
  
   **Cosmos’ Gateway Book 5**
  
    
  
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  **By S. E. Smith**
  
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  Acknowledgments
  
  I would like to thank my husband Steve for believing in me and being proud
  enough of me to give me the courage to follow my dream. I would also like to
  give a special thank you to my sister and best friend Linda, who not only
  encouraged me to write but who also read the manuscript. Also to my other
  friends who believe in me: Julie, Jackie, Lisa, Sally, Elizabeth (Beth) and
  Narelle. The girls that keep me going!
  
  —S. E. Smith
  
    
  
  **A Very Special Note:** This story is for my dad who came down with Spinal
  Meningitis when he was 12 and woke up to a silent world. He was the best dad a
  girl could ever have and I miss him very, very much. Thank you, Dad, for being
  the best father a girl could wish for and for giving me so many wonderful
  memories. I love you~ Susan
  
    
  
  Science Fiction Romance
  
  MERRICK’S MAIDEN: COSMOS’ GATEWAY BOOK 5
  
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