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      Julia Williams

      The Summer Season

      Copyright

      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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      THE SUMMER SEASON. Copyright © Julia Williams 2011. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

      Julia Williams asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      Source ISBN: 9781847560889

      Ebook Edition © MAY 2011 ISBN: 9780007443246

      Version: 2018-07-23

      To the memory of

      Alfred Thomas Clark 1890–1918

       Ernest Ophir Clark 1896–1916

       And Jemima Clark 1863–1944 who must have been so brave

      Contents

       Title Page

      Copyright

      Edward

      Edward dreams of Lily. She comes to him in the…

      Edward and Lily

      ‘Edward, you never said you were coming!’ His mother rose…

      Part One

      Summer’s Lease

      Chapter One

      ‘Come on, girls, time to get up! Important day today.’…

      Chapter Two

      Different sounds. That was the most unusual thing about living…

      Chapter Three

      It was dark, just the way she liked it. Kezzie…

      Chapter Four

      Kezzie poked her head out of her bedroom window. The…

      Edward and Lily

      Chapter Five

      Late. Late again. Joel hated clockwatching, particularly when he had…

      Chapter Six

      Lauren pushed Sam up the road on her way back…

      Chapter Seven

      It was Kezzie’s first morning working at Joel’s. She’d set…

      Chapter Eight

      Lauren was feeling frustrated with Joel. While she was sympathetic…

      Edward and Lily

      Chapter Nine

      After Lauren left, Joel and Kezzie dragged the trunk, paperwork…

      Chapter Ten

      Lauren was still smiling when she let herself in. As…

      Chapter Eleven

      ‘So?’ said Troy, as Lauren came downstairs after she’d got…

      Chapter Twelve

      ‘Girls, do you remember who I said was visiting today?’…

      Edward and Lily

      Part Two

      Spring Fever

      Chapter Thirteen

      ‘The girls go to bed at 7 p.m. sharp,’ said…

      Chapter Fourteen

      ‘So, you’re going to trust me with the girls again?’…

      Chapter Fifteen

      ‘So you think you’ve got New Horizons?’ said Eileen, at…

      Chapter Sixteen

      Kezzie timed her arrival at work the next day for…

      Edward and Lily

      Chapter Seventeen

      Kezzie spent several days mulling over what Joel had said.

      Chapter Eighteen

      Lauren couldn’t stop thinking about Troy, as she pushed Sam…

      Chapter Nineteen

      ‘Right, buckets and mops at the ready,’ said Lauren to…

      Chapter Twenty

      ‘OK you guys, let’s get cracking.’

      Edward and Lily

      Chapter Twenty-One

      The party was in full swing by the time Lauren…

      Chapter Twenty-Two

      ‘Ouch, my head hurts.’ Kezzie woke to find sun pouring…

      Chapter Twenty-Three

      ‘Come on, Sam,’ said Joel. ‘Here’s Nanny. We’re going to…

      Chapter Twenty-Four

      The next morning, Kezzie woke up feeling even worse than…

      Edward and Lily

      Part Three

      Summer’s Promise

      Chapter Twenty-Five

      It wasn’t just Kezzie who was unimpressed by Lauren’s news;…

      Chapter Twenty-Six

      Joel snuck in to the Summer Fest meeting, late again.

      Chapter Twenty-Seven

      The weeks were speeding by and already June was upon…

      Chapter Twenty-Eight

      Joel didn’t look at Kezzie, but stared into the gathering…

      Edward and Lily

      Chapter Twenty-Nine

      ‘So, have you been to Wimbledon before?’ asked Lauren, as…

      Chapter Thirty

      Kezzie flew round to Eileen’s house.

      Chapter Thirty-One

      Lauren woke up with a headache. She hadn’t slept well.

      Chapter Thirty-Two

      Joel had taken Sam to pick up his mum for…

      Edward and Lily

      Chapter Thirty-Three

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