COPYRIGHT

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2009

      Copyright © Annie Groves 2020

      Annie Groves asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780007265923

      Ebook Edition © DECEMBER 2014 ISBN: 9780007353217

      Version: 2017-09-12

DEDICATION

       For my readers who have so kindly and generously supported me. I hope you are all enjoying reading about the Campion family as much as I am enjoying telling their story.

      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Prologue

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Seven

       Eight

       Nine

       Ten

       Eleven

       Twelve

       Thirteen

       Fourteen

       Fifteen

       Sixteen

       Seventeen

       Eighteen

       Nineteen

       Twenty

       Twenty-One

       Twenty-Two

       Twenty-Three

       Twenty-Four

       Twenty-Five

       Twenty-Six

       Twenty-Seven

       Twenty-Eight

       Twenty-Nine

       Thirty

       Thirty-One

       Thirty-Two

       Epilogue

       Keep Reading

       Acknowledgements

       About the Author

       Other Books By

       About the Publisher

PROLOGUE

      Christmas Day 1941

      Katie Needham couldn’t wait any longer. It was Christmas Morning, after