Lock Me In. Kate Simants

      

      Lock Me In

      KATE SIMANTS

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

      Copyright © Kate Simants 2019

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      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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      Ebook Edition © October 2019 ISBN: 9780008353292

      Version: 2019-09-27

       For Tom, who never once suggested I give up this nonsense and get a real job.

       You’re the best mate a girl could have.

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

      Prologue

      1. Ellie

      2. Mae

      3.

      4. Ellie

      5. Mae

      6. Ellie

      7. Mae

8. Ellie

9. Mae

10. Ellie

11.

12. Mae

13. Ellie

14. Mae

15. Mae

16. Ellie

17. Mae

18. Ellie

       19. Mae

       20. Ellie

       21.

       22. Mae

       23. Ellie

       24. Mae

       25. Ellie

       26. Mae

       27. Ellie

       28. Mae

       29.

       30. Ellie

       31. Mae

       32. Ellie

       33. Mae

       34. Ellie

       35. Mae

       36. Ellie

       37. Mae

       38.

       39. Ellie

       40. Mae

       41. Ellie

       42. Mae

       43. Ellie

       44. Mae

       45. Ellie

       46. Mae

       47. Ellie

       48.

       49. Mae

       50. Ellie

       51. Mae

       52. Ellie

       53. Mae

       54. Ellie

       55. Mae

       56.

       57. Mae

       58. Ellie

       59. Mae

       60. Mae

       61. Ellie

       62. Mae

       63. Ellie

       64. Mae

       65. Ellie

       66.

       67. Mae

       68. Ellie

       69. Mae

       70. Ellie

       71. Christine

       72. Mae

       73. Ellie

       74. Ellie

       75. Mae

       76. Ellie

       Epilogue

       Acknowledgements

       About the Author

       About the Publisher

       Prologue

      You want to know fear?

      Imagine someone