Broken Promise: A Solomon Creed Novella

Broken Promise: A Solomon Creed Novella
Simon Toyne

One secret could destroy a family. One lie could save them.The brilliant prequel to The Boy Who Saw, a gripping thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Simon Toyne, featuring the enigmatic Solomon Creed.A strangerSolomon Creed is an outsider with an unknown past, travelling through a remote part of Texas. He doesn’t look for trouble – but trouble finds him.A familyAt a roadside diner, he runs into a worn-down family whose ancestral land and home is about to be auctioned. But when Solomon suspects it’s worth a lot more than they think he decides to take things into his own hands.A secretAs Solomon races to find hard evidence of the land’s true value, he uncovers a dark truth – hidden for generations – that changes everything. But how far is he willing to go to save a family from potential ruin? And how far will others go to stop him?

BROKEN PROMISE

FEATURING SOLOMON CREED

Simon Toyne

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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Table of Contents

Cover (#ubbd8e3fb-297c-5d86-9361-fad280c39284)

Title Page (#u29ff788f-e7af-5012-878a-8ed30ecdff04)

Copyright (#u7de10927-53a3-5c15-9310-3a637ceaef34)

Dedication (#u5dd17db8-19d7-5d7c-95e3-6ace0755ffe6)

Chapter 1 (#u960d07c4-075d-5556-8e72-7cae649b7b94)

Chapter 2 (#u619541de-4455-52a3-b382-5511c7120400)

Chapter 3 (#uf63da2cb-84ea-5862-8f8b-087fe064ee6d)

Chapter 4 (#u01bedf83-6de6-57a4-a151-1adf0f6eaaf7)

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AUTHOR’S NOTE (#litres_trial_promo)