The Birthday That Changed Everything: Perfect summer holiday reading!

The Birthday That Changed Everything: Perfect summer holiday reading!
Debbie Johnson

'A lovely, emotion-filled, giggle-inducing story' – Sunday Times bestselling author Milly JohnsonShe wanted a birthday surprise, just not the one she got…The last thing Sally Summers expected from her husband on her special day was that he’d leave her for a Latvian lap dancer half her age. So with her world in tatters, Sally jets off to Turkey for some sun, sea and sanctuary.The Blue Bay resort brings new friends and the perfect balm for Sally’s broken heart in gorgeous Dubliner James. He’s just the birthday present she needs. And when the chemistry between them continues to spark as the holiday ends, Sally wonders if this is more than just a summer fling.But James has scars of his own and Sally isn’t quite ready to turn her back on her marriage. This birthday might have changed everything, but what will the next one bring?

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First published in Great Britain by Harper 2016

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Source ISBN: 9780008150167

Ebook Edition © January 2016 ISBN: 9780008150174

Version: 2018-02-15

This one’s for Ann Potterton and the Turkey gang – who inspired the whole idea in the first place!

Contents

Cover (#u3fa6386a-c4ab-5ff8-9b56-0df757908aca)

Title Page (#u53011a5f-7e04-5422-9e2d-c50745fc385e)

Copyright (#ub738ccf6-8cb2-5347-8567-75583b577717)

Dedication (#ufbfbc28d-2f82-553e-adbd-b56fc2b04324)

PART ONE: Oxford – 39 and Counting… (#udc7310ae-7627-5028-be17-f34304421750)

Chapter 1 (#u55092f47-27e0-531b-b3ff-d9c0736817e1)

Chapter 2 (#u8735a0f2-e69c-50e3-b4b8-d57ad20bbbfb)

Chapter 3 (#u85b28acf-8536-5e31-9470-97ea0231931d)

PART TWO: Turkey – The Big 4-0 (#ua9113b55-b972-53f4-94f8-d16f3148d2f6)

Chapter 4 (#uc387393a-1ebc-51b2-82f0-d25124394d5e)

Chapter 5 (#u6bb8bda0-77f9-554b-8dd4-328174dd2e8c)

Chapter 6 (#u9ea438a5-4ee5-50fe-82d8-8b2128016d6c)

Chapter 7 (#ue38440dd-d7f3-55d2-9e07-2795a2a0316e)

Chapter 8 (#u9c6514ef-b010-5c4f-b4f0-65611541b241)

Chapter 9 (#u763a86b3-fd38-5f6b-aee5-777cd66f7b7b)

Chapter 10 (#uf18b045b-c4fb-5a21-89f8-b6fa04362dfa)

Chapter 11 (#u6762c9cc-63f7-500b-953b-c2f1593dfdaa)

Chapter 12 (#ud304525d-10c3-5dc9-a2cb-228358d02584)

Chapter 13 (#u263bbe98-1fa4-55ad-bb5c-913b25a01243)

Chapter 14 (#u467e3d29-d27e-5ed6-afde-df1076804e30)

Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 22 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 23 (#litres_trial_promo)

PART THREE: Heading to Turkey – Almost 364 Sleeps Later… (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 24 (#litres_trial_promo)