Taken

Taken
Jacqui Rose

‘A cracking good read’ Jessie Keane‘I was hoping you’d be able to help me. I’m looking for my baby.’Casey Edwards has demons to put to rest. Since she had to give away her baby at 15, she’s been lost in booze and bad company. But now she wants to find her child and put things right…Heading to Soho, Casey meets former gangster Vaughn Sadler, an old-school hard man who can still handle himself – and anyone else. There’s a spark between Vaughn and Casey but she can’t let herself get hurt, not again.To find the truth, Casey must enter the dark world of London’s gangland: hard drugs, vice, even people trafficking. Soon she discovers that mob boss Alfie Jennings and sadistic psycho Oscar Hardings are plotting something dangerous, something brutal. Something that puts Casey – and her child – in serious trouble . . .‘A thrilling and gripping novel.’ Roberta KrayFull of strong women, devious gangsters and compelling twists, Taken is a compulsive read perfect for fans of Jessie Keane and Martina Cole.

JACQUI ROSE

Taken

Copyright

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2012

This ebook edition published by HarperCollinsPublishers in 2018

Copyright © Jacqui Rose 2012

Cover design © Alison Groom 2018

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Jacqui Rose 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: 9781847563224

Ebook Edition © August 2013 ISBN: 9780007455720

Version: 2018-05-01

Dedication

For my three wonderful children who are the air I breathe and the heartbeat of my life.

And for my wonderful agent, Judith Murdoch, who saw something in me I didn’t see in myself – thank you.

And finally for Keshini Naidoo, who was my editor before she stopped being my editor, but best of all, she then became my friend.

Contents

Cover (#uac5b4288-398d-584c-b27e-643716dac284)

Title Page (#u0a2e2bc3-8ff9-5c93-a4ab-5919a11ea5cc)

Copyright (#u6182338b-d837-5b8b-9d9a-d6f04b7a2256)

Dedication (#u3239f688-de17-584f-957c-cab6ff4f56c0)

Chapter One (#u960b0c5e-22ec-5fc1-93b3-9276e703811d)

Chapter Two (#u546a5dde-29c9-520b-8324-b9bee4221510)

Chapter Three (#u231501f5-822a-5220-b444-d252183c09a1)

Chapter Four (#u8c31a15b-7ab6-5ee6-8617-060d47d23466)

Chapter Five (#u272c472c-a134-552a-8b9b-09ed51a1c08c)

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Chapter Seven (#uca65338b-8d55-504f-90e0-f47365bda147)

Chapter Eight (#u56a8ac06-6ea9-5657-98e8-3c0746234c76)

Chapter Nine (#u46072cf8-6735-5ff9-9e6f-b4c01a6e7976)

Chapter Ten (#u07a0dfec-57e7-59f1-9811-c1241d8d65be)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)