Contents

Prologue

In Highgate, north London, Vanessa Fitzgerald, accounts manager at Gibson,…

Chapter 1

Jo Green’s eyes glazed over as she stared at the…

Chapter 2

There was so much to take in, Jo didn’t know…

Chapter 3

“Leaving?” repeated Hilda. “What do you mean? Leaving?”

Chapter 4

When Jo’s train pulled out of Stratford-upon-Avon station she was…

Chapter 5

Jo could probably have coped with the wake-up call of…

Chapter 6

A fortnight later, back in Niblet, Shaun reached the pub…

Chapter 7

On Sunday morning Jo discovered that all advice from her…

Chapter 8

When Jo’s head hit the pillow, she was out for…

Chapter 9

Jo’s head hurt so much the next morning that her…

Chapter 10

Over the next week, Jo discovered that the average accountant…

Chapter 11

Vanessa sat in the Monday morning status meeting hunched over…

Chapter 12

It was teatime and Jo had invited Pippa and Georgiana…

Chapter 13

Shaun was visiting that weekend, so Jo would be unable…

Chapter 14

Saturday morning, Jo woke early. She listened intently for any…

Chapter 15

Jo woke early on Monday morning, aware that Josh would…

Chapter 16

By the time Jo was rounding up the children for…

Chapter 17

Saturday morning, Vanessa woke to feel someone gently stroking her…

Chapter 18

Jo was awake before six. She stared at Mickey and…

Chapter 19

Jo was so busy in her first week at home…

Chapter 20

Monday morning came bright and breezy. Hilda had come downstairs…

Chapter 21

It was another few days before Sheila finally returned her…

Chapter 22

Stupidly early on the Monday morning of her fifth week…

Chapter 23

Josh woke early the next morning and found the kids…

Chapter 24

Josh was so livid he could barely drive out of…

Chapter 25

The next morning, Jo stood in her bedroom, checking her…

Chapter 26

Things at the Fitzgeralds’ abode were changing fast. Josh and…

Chapter 27

Lunchtime a week later, Sebastian James sat bulkily on top…

Chapter 28

On Friday afternoon, Cassie made a moving-out card with Zak…

Chapter 29

Next morning, Jo’s brain was Pot Noodle. The first thing…

Chapter 30

Toby carried four choc-ices upstairs and waited outside Tallulah’s bedroom…


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