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  Whistledown Woman

  Don’t Cry Alone

  Jessica’s Girl

  Nobody’s Darling

  Born to Serve

  More than Riches

  A Little Badness

  Living a Lie

  The Devil You Know

  A Time for Us

  Cradle of Thorns

  Miss You Forever

  Love Me or Leave Me

  Tomorrow the World

  The Gilded Cage

  Somewhere, Someday

  Rainbow Days

  Looking Back

  Let It Shine

  The Woman Who Left Jinnie

  Bad Boy Jack The Beachcomber Lovers and Liars Live the Dream

  The Journey Journey’s End The Loner Songbird

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  Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2008

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  Copyright © Josephine Cox 2008

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

  This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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  EPub Edition © AUGUST 2009 ISBN: 978-0-007-34342-3

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