You Had Me at Hello

by Mhairi McFarlane

  Most of all, thank you dearest Alex – like Bon Jovi, you kept the faith.

  And thank you if you bought this. I hope you laughed at least once, and at a bit that was intended to be funny.

  About the Author

  Mhairi McFarlane studied English at the University of Manchester and went on to work in journalism, a bit. She lives in Nottingham and this is her first book.

  Copyright

  This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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