COPYRIGHT

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      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2009

      Copyright © Barbara Taylor Bradford 2009

      Barbara Taylor Bradford 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: 9780007304073

      Ebook Edition © OCTOBER 2014 ISBN: 9780007304202

      Version: 2017-10-25

DEDICATION

      In loving memory of Patricia Parkin, my British editor and friend for thirty years, who died on March 20, 2009. You told me to listen, and I did. I’m still listening to you, Patricia, and I always will be.

      This book is also for my husband, Bob, who knows the many reasons why, with my dearest and abiding love.

      CONTENTS

       COVER

       TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT

DEDICATION

PROLOGUE

March 2006

PART ONE

Falling in Love

       August–December 2006

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

       PART TWO

       Dodging the Enemy

       January–April 2007

       TWENTY-EIGHT

       TWENTY-NINE

       THIRTY

       THIRTY-ONE

       THIRTY-TWO