Creature Comforts

Creature Comforts
Trisha Ashley

Fall in back in love with life in this gripping read about fate and second chances.The eagerly awaited new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author.Izzy has broken off her engagement to her feckless fiancée Kieran and returned to her childhood home – the sleepy village of Halfhidden.She soon realizes that life in the village is anything but peaceful – for one thing she’s living with her mad aunt Debo and her pack of dogs, and for another, Izzy has a lot of unanswered questions.When she was a teenager, Izzy was involved in a terrible accident, involving various inhabitants of Halfhidden. As she sets out to discover what actually happened on the night of the accident, she realizes that her painful past is actually standing in the way of her future happiness. So when a handsome stranger comes to Halfhidden will she let love back into her life?

TRISHA ASHLEY

Creature Comforts

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Source ISBN: 9781847562791

Ebook Edition © February 2015 ISBN: 9780007580446

Version: 2018-04-10

Dedication (#ue39d4232-da84-5627-b6ae-21d2988db53d)

For my dear friends and fellow authors, Mary de Laszlo and Norma Curtis, with love.

Contents

Cover (#ue084fab6-e220-58c3-aee9-c6bebb256c25)

Title Page (#ufdb936ea-95e9-59a6-bce5-60a49506fb47)

Copyright (#ufbe16b64-f34d-53ae-ade9-7f8ed1ba67ed)

Dedication (#ue76bd7fe-e384-5833-995e-04f069a9926e)

Prologue: Halfhidden, West Lancashire, 1993 (#u44ed3546-e2b2-5cbd-b3cb-b1c0c2fc9c87)

Chapter 1: All Fools’ Day, 2012 (#ue093b366-d22d-5acf-a73c-959aac1943bc)

Chapter 2: Fault Lines (#u8fc5b354-7bcb-57cf-a6e9-b1313f846a9a)

Chapter 3: Moving Pictures (#ufaba2dd6-3867-5ece-bd7f-d053b40ac380)

Chapter 4: Desperate Dogs (#u2787818d-04b2-5907-9b47-c770f93a0b50)

Chapter 5: Hounded (#u8dafd63e-94e0-5e71-9b97-b78b0124417e)

Chapter 6: Water Cure (#u77c6ae11-be30-5ea7-bf3f-5daabc40f5d2)

Chapter 7: Regeneration (#u39d2104f-beb4-5cdd-ad4a-f1d57194a877)

Chapter 8: Haunting (#u92169ed5-2ec0-5f37-ad92-2b5289c60e4f)

Chapter 9: Disconnected (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 10: Sparks (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 11: Charming (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 12: Reverse Alchemy (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13: Disengaged (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14: Sweetwell (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15: Mission Statement (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16: Howling Hetty (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17: Dog Daze (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18: Lucky Charm (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19: Ghosting (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20: Not So Dusty (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21: Treasured (#litres_trial_promo)