The Traitor

The Traitor
Kimberley Chambers

She fell for the enemy. Now she must pay the price.The gripping second novel from the #1 bestselling author in the Mitchells & O’Haras trilogy.The Mitchells and the O’Haras have been enemies for years.One a gangland family, the other travellers, they resort to violence to solve problems between them. So when Frankie Mitchell fell for Jed O’Hara, it was only going to be a matter of time before all hell broke loose.Clever, ruthlessly attractive to women and slippery as a snake, Jed O’Hara has Frankie exactly where he wants her – pregnant and estranged from her family. Even Eddie Mitchell, Frankie’s terrifying father, is no threat – he’s in prison awaiting trial for murder.But Frankie is not a Mitchell for nothing and when she begins to suspect the extent of Jed’s treachery, she puts together a lethal plan.

The Traitor

Kimberley Chambers

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First published in Great Britain by Preface Publishing 2010

Published by Arrow Books 2013

This edition published by Harper 2017

Copyright © Kimberley Chambers 2010

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Source ISBN: 9781409051084

Ebook Edition © Jan 2017 ISBN: 9780008228682

Version: 2016-12-05

Dedication (#u5bd94e1d-acb1-5d78-81b4-d322694749fd)

In memory of Alf Roberts

(703 legend)

Epigraph (#u5bd94e1d-acb1-5d78-81b4-d322694749fd)

Farewell, ungrateful traitor!

Farewell, my perjured swain!

Let never injured woman

Believe a man again.

The pleasure of possessing

Surpasses all expressing,

But ’tis too short a blessing,

And love too long a pain.

John Dryden

Contents

Cover (#u72abdbc4-cbdb-5a9b-acea-9eeaf5ea2083)

Title Page (#u1d1b7cec-9dd4-52b4-936e-96a4c1110fba)

Copyright

Dedication

Epigraph

Prologue

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven