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This book is a work of fiction. All the characters and situations in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to situations or persons living or dead is purely coincidental. Any reference to historical events, real people, or real locations are used fictitiously.

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Copyright © 2024 by Sarah Ready

Published by W.W. Crown Books an Imprint of Swift & Lewis Publishing, LLC, Lowell, MI USA

Cover Illustration & Design: Elizabeth Turner Stokes

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All rights reserved.

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No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2023947278

ISBN: 978-1-954007-65-9 (eBook)

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ISBN: 978-1-954007-70-3 (hbk)

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