The Marriage
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Acknowledgements
Every day I sit at my desk and write stories, but I’m lucky enough to be surrounded by a whole team of talented and supportive people.
Huge thanks to my editor at Bookouture, Lydia Vassar-Smith, for her wonderful insight and editorial support. We start the process of a new story together, pooling ideas and thrashing out plots, and it’s one of my favourite stages in the process!
Thanks to ALL the Bookouture team for everything they do, which is so much more than I can document here. But special thanks to editorial manager Alexandra Holmes and to Kim Nash, Sarah Hardy and Noelle Holten, who are all a pleasure to work with.
Thanks as always to my wonderful literary agent, Camilla Bolton, who is always there with expert advice and unwavering support at the end of a text, an email or a phone call. Thanks also to Camilla’s assistant, Jade Kavanagh, for all her work on my behalf. And thank you to the rest of the hard-working team at Darley Anderson Literary, TV and Film Agency, especially Mary Darby, Kristina Egan, Georgia Fuller and Rosanna Bellingham.
Big thanks to the copy editor, Jane Selley, and proofreader, Becca Allen, for their eagle eyes and focused attention to help to polish up the book.
Thanks as always to my writing buddy, Angela Marsons, who has been a brilliant support and inspiration to me for many years now. Our careers have grown and flourished together from the early days when we’d keep each other’s spirits up on the long road to becoming published authors, both of us dealing with disappointments and rejections along the way.
Massive thanks as always go to my husband, Mac, for his love, support and patience. For understanding when I’m at the mercy of deadlines, for not complaining if our plans have to suddenly change to accommodate my schedule. To my family, especially my wonderful daughter, Francesca, and Mama, who are always there to support and encourage me in my writing and have believed in me from the very beginning of my writing journey.
Special thanks to Henry Steadman, who has worked so hard to pull another amazing cover out of the bag.
Thank you to the bloggers and reviewers who do so much to support authors, and to everyone who has taken the time to post a positive review online or has taken part in my blog tour. It is always noticed and much appreciated.
Last but not least, thank you SO much to my wonderful readers. I love receiving all your wonderful comments and messages and I am truly grateful for the support of each and every one of you.
We – both author and publisher – hope you enjoyed this book. We believe that you can become a reader at any time in your life, but we’d love your help to give the next generation a head start.
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Did you know that 9% of children don’t have a book of their own in their home, rising to 13% in disadvantaged families*? We’d like to try to change that by asking you to consider the role you could play in helping to build readers of the future.
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We’d love you to get involved by sharing, borrowing, reading, buying or talking about a book with a child in your life and spreading the love of reading. We want to make sure the next generation continues to have access to books, wherever they come from.
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Click HERE for a list of brilliant books to share with a child – as voted by Goodreads readers.
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Thank you.
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*As reported by the National Literacy Trust
Published by Bookouture in 2021
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An imprint of Storyfire Ltd.
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Copyright © K.L. Slater, 2021
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K.L. Slater has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this work.
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All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers.
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eBook ISBN: 978-1-80019-494-6
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places and events other than those clearly in the public domain, 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.