Thanks to the entire team at HarperCollins Australia. To my publisher, Tegan Morrison, who once again showed her meticulous attention to detail throughout the production process. Thanks goes to CEO James Kellow, head of children’s publishing Cristina Cappelluto, project manager Kate Burnitt, publicist Amanda Diaz, editor Deonie Fiford, designer Matt Stanton, and marketing executive Tim Miller. I’d also like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank Amy Fox in sales, Elizabeth O’Donnell in international rights, Janelle Garside in production, and children’s assistant Gemma Fahy.
Many thanks to my family, who continue to endure early drafts and dare to be honest. I love you all, and your honesty! To my husband, Matt, and our girls Sienna and Winter – you are my everything.
Finally, to all of the readers and bloggers out there who have supported my books, your enthusiasm and support are continually humbling. I hope you enjoy this first part of Maggie’s story as much as I have enjoyed writing it.
Look out for …
Corruption
The thrilling sequel to Disruption
Also available …
Sabine isn’t like anyone else. For as long as she can remember, she’s had two lives.
Every twenty-four hours she ‘Shifts’, living each day twice. She has one life in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and another, completely different life in Roxbury, Boston.
All Sabine has ever wanted is the chance to live one life. When it seems like this might finally be possible, Sabine begins a series of dangerous experiments to achieve her goal. But is she willing to risk everything – including the one man who might actually believe her?
About the Author
An internationally bestselling author, entrepreneur and mother living in Sydney, Australia, Jessica Shirvington is also a 2011 and 2012 finalist for Cosmopolitan’s annual Fun, Fearless Female Award. Married for twelve years with two beautiful daughters, she met her husband, former Olympian Matt Shirvington, at age seventeen. Jessica knows her early-age romance and its longevity has definitely contributed to how she tackles relationships in her YA novels, which include the series The Violet Eden Chapters (also known as The Embrace Series) and the stand-alone novel Between the Lives (also known as One Past Midnight).
Visit her online at
www.jessicashirvington.com
Other Books by Jessica Shirvington
THE VIOLET EDEN CHAPTERS
Embrace
Entice
Emblaze
Endless
Empower
Between the Lives
Disruption
Copyright
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First published in Australia in 2014
This edition published in 2014
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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry:
Shirvington, Jessica, author.
Disruption / Jessica Shirvington.
ISBN: 978 0 7322 9628 5 (pbk)
ISBN: 978 1 7430 9812 7 (epub)
For young adults.
Pheromones—Fiction.
Science fiction.
A823.4
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