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  “We’re going to have raucous fights one day, love,” he told her, “but you’ll always know that I love you when we do. We’re going to have children one day and look at them in awe at times and in horror at others. We’ll share a house, and we won’t have a happily ever after, because that is a fairy tale and this will be our real life. Not an ending that ends with a kiss, but with two wrinkled, old husks who hold hands in the sun, grateful for all the days we had together and jealous that we can’t have even more.”

  Georgette stared at Charles as he slowly leaned in and kissed her on the lips. It was her very first kiss and the very first time she thought he might be in earnest.

  “I have to go back to London,” he told her. “Don’t get comfortable without me, as I’ll be back.”

  Georgette stared in shock as he left, and the goddess Atë cackled in utter delight.

  The END

  Hullo, my friends, I have so much gratitude for you reading my books. Almost as wonderful as giving me a chance are reviews, and indie folks, like myself, need them desperately! If you wouldn’t mind, I would be so grateful for a review.

  The sequel to this book is available for preorder now.

  When Georgette watches a neighbor murdered over her book, she thinks the world has gone mad. With her second book on the market and mostly fiction, she expects things to go back to normal. Only another person dies. The deaths clarify her path needs to be one that leaves her hometown, Harper’s Bend, behind.

  A decision that is further elucidated when she receives a blackmail letter. As Georgette deliberates what to do, she turns to her friend, Charles Aaron. Before she has even completed her explanation, another body falls. Has the blackmailer decided to ruin his victims by killing them instead of taking all their money? If so, is Georgette at risk? And will Georgette and her friends find the killer before all of her secrets out?

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