by Annie Seaton
Slice: a sweet such as a cake, or iced biscuit, cut and served in slices.
Swimmers: a bathing suit.
Sloane Ranger: a fashionable upper-class young woman, especially one living in London.
Smoko: a break from work where a cup of tea and cake and biscuits is generally eaten.
Thermos flask: a vacuum flask that preserves the temperature of hot or cold drinks.
Ute: a utility vehicle—a pickup truck, in Australia or New Zealand.
Yabbies: freshwater crayfish species found in Australia.
Acknowledgments
To Erin Molta, one of the best editors ever! Thank you for polishing my words and making sense of my story.
About the Author
Annie Seaton lives on the edge of the South Pacific Ocean on the east coast of Australia. She is fulfilling her lifelong dream of writing and has been delighted to discover that readers love reading her stories as much as she loves writing them. Annie lives with her own hero of many years. Their two children are now grown up and married, and two beautiful grandchildren have arrived. Now they share their home with Toby, the naughtiest dog in the universe, and two white cats. When she is not writing she can be found in her garden or walking on the beach…or most likely on her deck overlooking the ocean, camera in hand as the sun sets. Each winter, Annie and her husband leave the beach to roam the remote areas of Australia for story ideas and research. In 2014, Annie was voted Author of the Year, and in 2015 was voted Best Established Author in the AusRomToday.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Readers can contact Annie through her website: annieseaton.net, or find her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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