Copyright

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      First published in Great Britain as ebook serial in four separate parts

      Copyright © Cressida McLaughlin 2019

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      Cover illustration © May Van Millingen

      Cressida McLaughlin 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: 9780008332181

      Ebook Edition © August 2019 ISBN: 9780008332198

      Version: 2019-07-12

       Dedication

      To Hannah Ferguson – thank you for everything that you do