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Authors: Amanda Prowse

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The Game

It’s every mother’s worst nightmare…

Gemma Peters has everything a sixteen year old could want. Two loving parents, a good school, and close friends. Maybe sometimes her parents are a little overbearing, a little too adoring. But that’s the same for all teenagers, right?

Then, on the night of the school play, happy-go-lucky Gemma disappears without a trace. Where has she gone? Why has she been lying to her family? And, most importantly, will she ever come home?

The Game
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Something Quite Beautiful

Can you ever escape your fate?

Somewhere in the wilds of Scotland, three boys await their fate. They have been sentenced to twenty years in Glenculloch, a remote prison for the most hopeless of criminals. The rumours say that it is run by a woman who thinks she’s God. A woman who decides what is ugly, and what is beautiful. A woman who decides who lives, and who dies…

Something Quite Beautiful
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The Ten-pound Ticket

Australia, 1962: Susie has just arrived on the boat from England. She is clutching a newborn baby, but she has no wedding ring on her left hand.

The land is dusty and hot, and the work is hard and tiring. All Susie wants is to go home. But with no money, and no hope, how can she turn her life around?

The Ten-pound Ticket
is available
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A Christmas Wish

A special Christmas short story from Amanda Prowse: a wonderful, warm festive treat from a bestselling author.

Poppy is trying to make sure her children have the perfect Christmas. The fields are sparkling with snow, the turkey is roasting, and the tree is groaning with presents. But Poppy’s beloved husband is fighting in Afghanistan, and the kids are missing their Dad.

Can all their wishes come true without him? Or will they have the perfect Christmas after all?

A Christmas Wish
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A Letter from the Publisher

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The story starts here.

First published in the UK in 2014 by Head of Zeus, Ltd.

Copyright © Amanda Prowse, 2014

Author photograph by Paul Smith:
www.paulsmithphotography.info

Cover design: cabinlondon.co.uk | photos © Shutterstock.com / alik) (street) | Getty (head © Federica Cal, figure © K.Magnusson)

The moral right of Amanda Prowse to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

This is a work of fiction. All characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

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A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN (PB): 9781781856567

ISBN (E): 9781781856536

Head of Zeus Ltd

Clerkenwell House

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Contents

Cover

Welcome Page

Dedication

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Poppy Day — Preview

What Have I Done? — Preview

Clover’s Child — Preview

A Little Love — Preview

Will You Remember Me — Preview

Acknowledgements

About this Book

Reviews

About the Author

About No Greater Love

An Invitation from the Publisher

Copyright

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