For years, we in publishing have been hearing from Catholic readers that they really yearn for Catholic fiction.

Can you imagine anything more tragic?' Rose asked. 'To be born a princess --native and to the manor born-- and then to forget who you are and settle for being something horrible like an--an accountant!

There's something strange about you-" she started to say. Oh, well, thanks!" he chuckled, his brown eyes twinkling at her.

Do you know, I always imagine that the subway trains are dragons,' Rose said to Bear as they clung to his coat for support in the swaying car. 'Tearing back and forth across the city in their underground caves, devouring people and spitting them out at random destinations.

Oh, but a real princess would know that hard work ennobles the soul,' Rose objected. 'That would be one of the signs.

My parents reverted to their Catholic faith through the charismatic renewal, so I was raised charismatic.

For years, we in publishing have been hearing from Catholic readers that they really yearn for Catholic fiction.