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Authors: Kimberley Chambers

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Acknowledgments

 

Firstly, a massive thank you to my editor, Sarah Ritherdon, and the team at HarperCollins for the fabulous opportunity that I have been given.

 

As always, love and gratitude to my agent, Tim Bates,
my typist, Sue Cox, and Rosie de Courcy.

 

I would like to thank all the readers of my books for
all your fantastic support, messages, reviews, etc.

 

And last but not least, a special thank you to my dear friend, Lady Heller. Thanks for the quote, sweetheart, with love from your posh pal, The Duchess!!

 

About the Author

 

Kimberley Chambers lives in Romford and has been, at various times, a disc jockey and a street trader. She is now a full-time writer and is the author of six previous novels.

Also by Kimberley Chambers

 

Billie Jo

Born Evil

The Betrayer

The Feud

The Traitor

The Victim

Copyright

 

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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A Paperback Original 2012

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Copyright © Kimberley Chambers 2012

 

Kimberley Chambers asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

 

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

 

EPub Edition © April 2012 ISBN: 978 0 00 743502 9

 

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About the Publisher

 

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Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

Prologue

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty-One

Chapter Thirty-Two

Chapter Thirty-Three

Chapter Thirty-Four

Chapter Thirty-Five

Chapter Thirty-Six

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Chapter Forty

Chapter Forty-One

Chapter Forty-Two

Chapter Forty-Three

Chapter Forty-Four

Epilogue

Read on for an extract from Kimberley’s next book: The Trap

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Also by Kimberley Chambers

Copyright

About the Publisher

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