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  1. The Family Secret
  2. Copyright
  3. Praise for Tracy Buchanan’s novels
  4. What readers loved about Tracy Buchanan’s last novel, The Lost Sister …
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Prologue
  8. Chapter One
  9. Chapter Two
  10. Chapter Three
  11. Chapter Four
  12. Chapter Five
  13. Chapter Six
  14. Chapter Seven
  15. Chapter Eight
  16. Chapter Nine
  17. Chapter Ten
  18. Chapter Eleven
  19. Chapter Twelve
  20. Chapter Thirteen
  21. Chapter Fourteen
  22. Chapter Fifteen
  23. Chapter Sixteen
  24. Chapter Seventeen
  25. Chapter Eighteen
  26. Chapter Nineteen
  27. Chapter Twenty
  28. Chapter Twenty-One
  29. Chapter Twenty-Two
  30. Chapter Twenty-Three
  31. Chapter Twenty-Four
  32. Chapter Twenty-Five
  33. Chapter Twenty-Six
  34. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  35. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  36. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  37. Chapter Thirty
  38. Chapter Thirty-One
  39. Chapter Thirty-Two
  40. Chapter Thirty-Three
  41. Chapter Thirty-Four
  42. Letter to my readers
  43. Acknowledgments
  44. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  45. With the loss of her mother, Becky aches to find her sister. She knows she cannot move forward in her life without answers…
  46. A girl has gone missing. You’ve never met her, but you’re to blame…
  47. You’d kill to protect your child…Wouldn’t you?
  48. Everything you’ve built your life on is a lie. And no one has been telling the truth for a very long time…
  49. How far would you go for the one you love the most?
  50. Also by Tracy Buchanan
  51. About the Publisher

Is she going to waste this new opportunity? A cousin … and her niece, Lumin.

She stands up, wiping the tears from her face. ‘No more,’ she whispers to herself. ‘No more.’

Then she grabs her coat and bag, yanks open the front door and runs back to the icy beach. When she gets there, the four women – her family – are waiting for her. Jasper is there too. She runs to them, ice cracking beneath her feet, the sadness of the past melting, the future opening up to her.

Letter to my readers

Hello,

I remember when I first came up with the idea for this novel. I was on one of my annual writing retreats in Devon in the UK, sitting on the window seat and looking out at the beautiful autumnal scenery. I thought to myself how it really wouldn’t be long before the hills and trees would be laced with ice.

I remember peering towards the coast, imagining what Devon’s beaches might look like in the winter. And that’s when the idea hit me: an icy beach. A girl walking on it barefoot. A beautiful Christmassy lodge sitting on the edge of a frozen lake filled with secrets and lies. My first true winter book! I emailed my agent straightaway and she loved the idea … and I very much hope you love the end result, this book.

If you do, please leave a review. They let other readers know whether they should buy this book … and if it’s a nice review, it’ll make me smile.

If you haven’t already, I’d love to see you in my Facebook group, The Reading Snug. You’ll get the chance to read my next novel in advance, be entered into giveaways, get insights into my writing process … and tips from other readers about great new books. You can find it at www.facebook.com/groups/thereadingsnug

And as always, please get in touch, I love hearing from you. Visit my website at www.tracy-buchanan.com to find out how. You can also sign up for my e-newsletter there and get a FREE download of my debut novel as thanks!

Take care,

Tracy

Acknowledgments

Big wintry thanks to my agent Caroline, who endures zillions of emails from me with all my crazy ideas and is calm and informed enough to pluck out the best ones. To my lovely editor Katie Loughnane for her enthusiastic and spot-on edits and advice. And the whole team at Avon, including brilliant copyeditors, proofreaders, publicity supremo Sabah Khan and social media guru Elke Desanghere.