This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblances to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is entirely coincidental.

First published in 2014

Copyright © Karen Wood 2014

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