The Hotel Riviera (25 page)

My thanks to those who matter in my life: first, my agent and friend, Anne Sibbald, and her cohorts at Janklow & Nesbit Associates, who look after me so well. To my editor, Jen Enderlin, who always has exactly the right comments to make—and in the nicest possible way! And to Richard, my husband, friend, and traveling companion, without whom none of this miracle of book-writing would have happened. Oh, and to Sunny, my new rescued cat-friend, who keeps me company on the long haul of writing.

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

THE HOTEL RIVIERA
. Copyright © 2003 by Elizabeth Adler. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Adler, Elizabeth (Elizabeth A.)

The Hotel Riviera / Elizabeth Adler.—1st ed.

p. cm.

ISBN: 978-0-312-30809-4

1. Americans—France—Fiction. 2. Riviera (France)—Fiction. 3. Hotelkeepers—Fiction. 4. Women cooks—Fiction. 5. Hotels—Fiction. I. Title.

PR6051 D56H67 2003

823'.914—dc21

2003053853