Born Evil

Born Evil
Kimberley Chambers

Not all sons make their mother proud…June Dawson has come a long way from her rough East End background.She now lives in a nice little cul-de-sac in Rainham with her ultra-respectable husband and a lovely social life. But her world collapses when daughter Debbie announces that she is pregnant by her low-life drug addict boyfriend, Billy McDaid. June feels as though she is being sucked back into the world of villains and thugs she thought she had escaped forever.But worse is yet to come. The baby – doted on by his violent and feckless dad – grows into the child from hell. He is mean, sadistic and out of control. Suddenly, the family is not just in crisis. It is in meltdown.

Copyright (#ufdc31e13-3f37-5dfb-9a9f-483e61b854ab)

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First published in Great Britain by Preface Publishing 2009

This edition published by Harper 2017

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Source ISBN: 9781409050049

Ebook Edition © Jan 2017 ISBN: 9780008228613

Version: 2016-12-05

Dedication (#ufdc31e13-3f37-5dfb-9a9f-483e61b854ab)

In memory of my wonderful grandparents Daisy and Charlie Chambers.

Epigraph (#ufdc31e13-3f37-5dfb-9a9f-483e61b854ab)

A life is created

A child is born

A beautiful gift

Not one to mourn

A son for keeps

A love to gel

Unless that child

Belongs in hell

Contents

Cover (#u3128ec77-3617-581f-bd54-d047efab9b69)

Title Page (#u6b6c951f-59cb-59e1-b380-fe678f94bbf1)

Copyright

Dedication

Epigraph

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