A Girl’s Best Friend. Lindsey Kelk

      

      

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      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd

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      First published in Great Britain by Harper 2015

      Copyright © Lindsey Kelk 2015

      Cover illustration © Bree Leman

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      Cover layout design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2015

      Lindsey Kelk asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

      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: 9780007582372

      Ebook Edition © November 2015 ISBN: 9780007582389

      Version: 2018-10-25

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      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Prologue

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Chapter Eighteen

       Chapter Nineteen

       Chapter Twenty

       Chapter Twenty-One

       Epilogue

       Acknowledgments

       About the Author

       Also by Lindsey Kelk

       About the Publisher

       Prologue

       New Year’s Eve

      Doesn’t everyone wish they could go back in time and change the past?

      First, I’d do the world a favour and kill whoever invented the front-facing camera on the iPhone; second, I’d try to convince the parents of some of humanity’s worst offenders to use more advanced family planning methods; and third, I would never, ever have kissed that man.

      Or possibly any men. Just to be safe.

      It had been the most ridiculous six months on record, not only of my life but quite possibly ever. I wasn’t sure if there was a way to check against everyone else’s cockups but my list was pretty impressive as far as I was concerned. Yes, there had been a lot of fun parts. Hawaii, Milan, New York, Nick … but dear God, the mistakes I had made. And, as Amy always said, there was no ‘clear history’ button for your heart. Actually, Amy always said there was no clear history button for your vagina but still, the sentiment was the same.

      But there I was, against all the odds, standing in a dressing room, wearing a dress I never thought I’d wear, minutes away from changing my life for good.

      No pressure, then.

      ‘Is it too late to elope?’

      The door to the dressing room cracked open and Kekipi slipped inside,