Meredith's Dagger
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She wished she had died that night. She wished she had died, for to live like this was not to live at all.
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When Richie Moorcroft takes a housekeeping position to finance his studies, it means moving back to his childhood home: an ancient, almost-derelict cottage locals claim is haunted. But he never believed those stories; he knows where they came from, and in any case, he has a job to do: keeping nineteen-year-old Julian Denby on the straight and narrow without Julian realising his wealthy parents are paying Richie to do so.
Luckily, Julianâs not very astute, although the same canât be said for their newest housemates: Richieâs bestie, Anneke, and Julianâs older sister, Tamara. Add in George, the cat who appeared from nowhere and is in no hurry to leave, and that makes fiveâĻabout to uncover the sinister history of their new home.
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Debbie McGowan is an award-winning author of contemporary fiction that celebrates life, love and relationships in all their diversity. Since the publication in 2004 of her debut novel, Champagne â based on a stage show co-written and co-produced with her husband â she has published more than thirty further works. She is the author of two ongoing series: Hiding Behind The Couch (a literary âsoap operaâ centring on the lives of nine long-term friends) and Checking Him Out (LGBTQ romance). Debbie has been a finalist in both the Rainbow Awards and the Bisexual Book Awards, and in 2016, she won the Lambda Literary Award (Lammy) for her novel, When Skies Have Fallen. Through her independent publishing company, Debbie gives voice to other authors whose work would be deemed unprofitable by mainstream publishing houses.
