Blood Daughters: A Romilia Chacon Novel

Title Page, Copyright, Frontispiece, Dedication

Blood Daughters This page intentionally left blank. Blood Daughters A Romilia Chacón Novel Marcos M. Villatoro Red Hen Press | Pasadena, CA Blood Daughters: A Romilia Chacón Novel Copyright © 2011 by Marcos M. Villatoro All rights reserved No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the prior written permission of both the publisher and the copyright owner. Book layout by Andrew Mendez ISBN: 978-1-59709-177-0 (eBook) ISBN: 978-1-59709-226-5 (hardcover) ISBN: 978-1-59709-426-9 (tradepaper) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Villatoro, Marcos McPeek. Blood daughters : a Romilia Chacón novel / Marcos M. Villatoro. —1st ed. p. cm. ISBN 978-1-59709-426-9 (tradepaper) 1. Chacón, Romilia (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Hispanic American women—Fiction. 3. Policewomen—Fiction. I. Title. PS3572.I386B57 2011 813’.54—dc22 2011013316 The Los Angeles County Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council and Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs partially support Red Hen Press. First Edition Published by Red Hen Press www.redhen.org When our daughters bleed The hatred begins —R.M. This page intentionally left blank. To the students of Mount St. Mary’s College This page intentionally left blank. ...