JAIMIE ADMANS is a 32-year-old English-sounding Welsh girl with an awkward-to-spell name. She lives in South Wales and enjoys writing, gardening, watching horror movies and drinking tea, although she’s seriously considering marrying her coffee machine. She loves autumn and winter, and singing songs from musicals despite the fact she’s got the voice of a dying hyena. She hates spiders, hot weather and cheese & onion crisps. She spends far too much time on Twitter and owns too many pairs of boots. She will never have time to read all the books she wants to read.
Jaimie loves to hear from readers; you can visit her website at www.jaimieadmans.com or connect on Twitter @be_the_spark.
The Château of Happily-Ever-Afters
The Little Wedding Island
It’s a Wonderful Night
The Little Vintage Carousel by the Sea
JAIMIE ADMANS
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First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2019
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Source ISBN: 9780008330866
E-book Edition © April 2019 ISBN: 9780008296964
Version: 2019-02-25
Table of Contents
For Mum and Bruiser.
You will forever be my little family who I wouldn’t change for the world, now and always.
Why does every man in London think that eight o’clock on a warm June morning is the ideal time to remove their shirt and get on the tube? I consider this as I peel myself away from a sweaty back and turn around to find myself face to face with someone’s wet armpit. There’s