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Chapters (48)
  1. Cover
  2. About the Author
  3. Dedication
  4. New Year’s Eve 2019
  5. New Year’s Day 2020
  6. New Year’s Eve 1989
  7. New Year’s Day 1990
  8. New Year’s Day 2020
  9. 1 January 2020
  10. New Year’s Eve 2015
  11. 2 January 2020
  12. New Year’s Eve 2015
  13. 2 January 2020
  14. 2 January 2020
  15. 5 January 2020
  16. New Year’s Eve 2010
  17. 6 January 2020
  18. 14 January 2020
  19. New Year’s Day 2001
  20. 15 January 2020
  21. 15 January 2020
  22. New Year’s Eve 2003
  23. 1 February 2020
  24. 1 February 2020
  25. New Year’s Eve 2007
  26. 3 February 2020
  27. 4 February 2020
  28. New Year’s Eve 2010
  29. 17 May 2020
  30. 17 May 2020
  31. 17 May 2020
  32. 13 June 2020
  33. 13 June 2020
  34. 21 June 2020
  35. 8 August 2020
  36. 9 August 2020
  37. New Year’s Eve 2003
  38. 15 August 2020
  39. New Year’s Eve 2019
  40. 13 September 2020
  41. 20 October 2020
  42. 25 October 2020
  43. 30 December 2020
  44. New Year’s Eve 2020
  45. New Year’s Eve 2020
  46. Acknowledgements
  47. Read More
  48. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING

Closer to home, my husband Tim, who, even though he said this book was “not really his thing,” still read it (twice) and held the fort with the domestic load while I scurried upstairs to write another thousand words. It’s no easy task to write a book on top of having a job and two small children – life around the edges gets squeezed so, for supporting me as tirelessly as you do, I will always be grateful. To ArtHouse Jersey, for allowing me time off when I had an edit due. (If you are an artist look them up, they do wonderful things.) To Strawberry Laces, for fueling the majority of this book. To my first readers – Rids, Nat, Sarah and Traci – your input on various drafts was hugely appreciated. Rids – you will always be my first reader. To all my female friends – who inspired the character of Leila – this book is as much a love story about friendship as it is a romance. AHAS, JANSS – you complete me. To my parents, who built my foundation, allowing me to believe I might do anything I put my mind to in life.

Finally, and most importantly, to you, for reading this book to the end! I really hope you enjoyed it. If you did, I would love you to leave a review online – it helps other readers discover me. And please do get in touch on social media:

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P.S. This book was written in a pre-COVID world. The 2020 of Minnie and Quinn’s world now only exists in some parallel universe. Whatever the year ahead might bring for us all, let’s keep reading. Books free us from isolation. Stories unite us. We’ve all had to play in One Player mode for a while – but we’re all still in this game together.

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