by Holly Martin
To my wonderful agent Madeleine Milburn for just been amazing and fighting my corner and for your unending patience with my constant questions.
To my editor Claire for all your support throughout this book, and the other wonderful people at Bookouture; Oliver Rhodes, Kim Nash, the editing team and the wonderful design team who created this absolutely gorgeous cover.
To Julie Pope, Melanie Backe-Hansen, Alison Lodge, Sue and Philip Eades and the National Trust for your help with the research involved in this book.
To the best writing group in the world, you wonderful talented supportive bunch of authors, I feel very blessed to know you all, you guys are the very best.
To the wonderful Bookouture authors for all your encouragement and support.
And some other gorgeous people who have encouraged, supported, promoted, got excited or just listened; Rebecca Pugh, Lisa Dickenson, Sharon Wilden, Kelly Rufus, Simona Elena, Erin McEwan, Katey Beeden, Maryline, Jo Hughes, Dawn Crooks, Laura Delve, Jill Stratton, Emma Poulloura, Aga Klar, Catriona Merryweather, Lynsey James, Lindsay Hill, Ana, Alba Forcadell, Cesca Major, Rachael Lucas, Kat Black, Helen Redfern, Katy Gough, Emily Kerr Jaimie Admans Kate Gordon, Pernille Hughes, Louise Wykes, Pat Elliott, Shaun, Mark Rumsey, James Brown, Arron Davenport.
To all those involved in the blog tour. To anyone who has read my book and taken the time to tell me you’ve enjoyed it or wrote a review, thank you so much.
Thank you, I love you all.
Published by Bookouture - an imprint of StoryFire Ltd.
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Copyright © Holly Martin 2015
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Holly Martin 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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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.
ISBN: 978-1-910751-15-2