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Dear Reader,

I had so much fun writing Treasure. The idea for it came to me after I read a newspaper article about a tenacious and visionary man named Mel Fisher. After many years of searching, he, his family and his crews finally discovered the real mother lode of all Spanish galleons, the Nuestra Senora de Atocha, that sank off the coast of Florida close to four hundred years ago. The Atocha eventually yielded $450 million dollars worth of gold, silver and gems. Wow!

But the more I researched, the more I realized that Mel Fisher’s discovery hadn’t come without a price. He devoted sixteen years of his life to this venture, and near the end lost his son and daughter-in-law in a tragic accident. No doubt I’ve oversimplified the treasure-hunting process and pushed the limits of poetic license, but I hope I’ve succeeded in giving you the sense that treasure hunting is an all-consuming, complicated and dangerous undertaking. This is Jake and Annie’s world. May they become as real to you as they are to me.

I’d love to hear what you think of my first book. You can e-mail me at helenbrenna@comcast.com, check out my Web site at www.helenbrenna.com, or chat with me and several other well-established authors on ridingwiththetopdown.blogspot.com.

Enjoy,

Helen