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About the Author

International number one bestselling author Melissa Hill lives in Dublin. Her page-turning contemporary stories are published worldwide, translated into twenty-five different languages and are regular chart-toppers in Ireland and abroad. One of her novels is currently in development with a major Hollywood studio.

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Title page

Copyright page

First published in Great Britain by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 2015
A CBS COMPANY

Copyright © Melissa Hill 2015

The right of Melissa Hill to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.

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

Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-47112-770-0
B Format Paperback ISBN: 978-1-47112-771-7
A Format Paperback: 978-1-47114-304-5
eBook ISBN: 978-1-47112-772-4

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either a product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual people living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Dedication page

To my lovely Carrie

Prologue

Summer 1989

‘Penny, hurry up, you’re going to miss it!’ Elle Harte called out excitedly as she sprinted barefoot down the beach, her auburn hair swirling around her face in the breeze. Golden sand and ochre pebbles snaked alongside the deep blue of the Irish sea, little shaving foam breakers dimpling the surface.

Her ten-year-old sister; her junior by two years, strained to keep up. Penny’s shorter legs weren’t as fast and she was getting winded; Elle had always been much more athletic. Cool sand squished between her toes and she pumped her arms furiously, pushing herself to go faster. She didn’t want to miss the ship before it headed down the coast.

‘Elle stop, please,’ Penny called out.