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Books. Change. Lives.

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Copyright © 2022 by Roan Parrish

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Contents

Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

A Message from Ramona

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

A Message from Ramona

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

A Message from Ramona

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

A Message from Ramona

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

A Message from Ramona

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

A Message from Ramona

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Bonus Material

Reading Group Guide

Roan Parrish’s Latkes

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Back Cover

For the change-seekers

Chapter 1

Greta

Snow fell in fat, picturesque flakes, fairy lights twinkled around the stage, and the hum of excitement and cheer that always attended the Owl Island, Maine, Holiday Fair electrified the town square.

Greta Russakoff stood in the center of it all and contemplated precisely how she would murder her entire family one by one.

It had begun as the Holiday Fair always did: Valentine Johnson, the mayor of Owl Island, turned on the lights that illuminated the town square and all the businesses that lined the four streets creating it. She called the Holiday Fair to life amid cheers and whoops from a familiar crowd. And then she called up the volunteers for their annual charity auction.

This year, the charity was the Owl Island Library, and the auction was for a dinner date at Francesca’s, Sue Romano’s Italian restaurant.

Only this time, after Valentine had called up the usual suspects, another name rang out.

“Our final volunteer is Greta Russakoff. Come on up!”