Passport to Happiness. Carrie Stone

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Название Passport to Happiness
Автор произведения Carrie Stone
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      First published in Great Britain by HarperImpulse 2019

      Copyright © Carrie Stone 2019

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      Carrie Stone asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

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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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      Source ISBN: 9780008123109

      Ebook Edition © March 2019 ISBN: 9780008123086

      Version: 2018-12-14

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Chapter 1

       Chapter 2

       Chapter 3

       Chapter 4

       Chapter 5

       Chapter 6

      

       Chapter 7

      

       Chapter 8

      

       Chapter 9

      

       Chapter 10

      

       Chapter 11

      

       Chapter 12

      

       Chapter 13

      

       Chapter 14

      

       Chapter 15

      

       Chapter 16

      

       Chapter 17

      

       Chapter 18

      

       Chapter 19

      

       Chapter 20

      

       Chapter 21

      

       Chapter 22

      

       Also by Carrie Stone

      

       Acknowledgements

      

       About the Author

      

       About HarperImpulse

      

       About the Publisher

      For Primrose, my very own passport to happiness

       Chapter 1

      ‘I don’t usually date women over the age of thirty. But I’m making an exception for you. You don’t look your age – so it’s OK. You can easily pass for twenty-eight.’ He grins at me with the confidence of someone who thinks they have paid an exceptionally gracious compliment and I can’t help but feel strangely flattered and irritated all at the same time. If it wasn’t for his overly white veneers keeping me fixated on his mouth and the golden nuggets of wisdom that might come out of it next, I’d have long ago made an exit. As it is, we’ve only just finished the starter course.

      ‘Are you always so flattering?’ There’s a heavy hint of sarcasm to my tone but