Chances

Chances
Freya North

The stunning summer besteller from Freya North.Vita’s nursing a broken heart.Oliver’s heart belongs to the past.They should be perfect for each other.But will they chance it?Vita's gift shop would do better if she ran it as a business, not as somewhere to daydream. But she's not one to tell herself off: she leaves that to Tim, her ex.Active and outdoorsy Oliver runs his tree-surgery business as calmly as his home – but his love life is intensely private.When Vita and Oliver’s paths cross at a pear tree, there’s a chance of something blossoming. As spring turns into summer, both Vita and Oliver are given choices and chances. But will they take them – or walk away?

Freya North

Chances

Copyright

Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF

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Copyright © Freya North 2011

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This novel is entirely a work of fiction.

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Source ISBN: 9780007326662

Ebook Edition © 2011 ISBN: 9780007326679

Version: 2017-11-28

Dedication

For Mummy

Lovely, funny, beautiful – and so very very brave. A woman of worth, indeed.

With love,

Your Chief Sherpa

Epigraph

All discarded lovers should be given a second chance

– but with somebody else

MAE WEST

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Epigraph

That Shop

Oliver and Jonty

The Tree Houses

Michelle and Candy

Tinker, Spike and Boz

Something for the Weekend

The George and Dragon

The Thorpe Arms

Suzie Vs Candy

Rick

North London

Location Location Location

And So to Bed

Sting

Flower Man and Tree Fella

Tim and Vita and Rick

Helpful Unhelpful Thoughts

Suzie Vs Vita

T.P.O