First published in the United Kingdom and the United States in 1999 by Severn House Publishers Ltd

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Copyright © Iris Gower, 1999

The moral right of Iris Gower to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

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

ISBN 9781788639620

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places and events are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

Originally published in 1975 under the title Bride of the Thirteenth Summer and pseudonym of Iris Davies by Robert Hale Ltd.

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