The Show: Racy, pacy and very funny!

The Show: Racy, pacy and very funny!
Tilly Bagshawe

Welcome to Swell Valley – where the scandal is in a class of its own…The second book in the Swell Valley series by bestselling author Tilly BagshaweNestled in a glorious patchwork of fields, surrounded by chocolate box villages, Wraggbottom farm means everything to Gabe and Laura Baxter. But love and tradition doesn’t pay the bills. Luckily, Laura has an idea that will share the secret of her happy (if sometimes muddy) country life: producing a reality show that will save the farm!Until the interfering new vicar, ‘Call-me-Bill’ takes it upon himself to lead a protest against the show. Suddenly the village is divided; even Gabe is torn between his new found fame and his old, happy life.With so much at stake for her village and her marriage, will Laura be able to weather the storm or will her big idea turn out to be her biggest mistake?

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Source ISBN: 9780007523023

Ebook Edition © 2015 ISBN: 9780007481415

Version: 2015-05-19

Dedication (#ucc7276c6-226d-56bc-8963-06f066523948)

For Zanna. With love.

Table of Contents

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Title Page (#ub4b278fe-fad8-5d84-947d-358c03d2ae7d)

Copyright (#ua02deb8f-27bb-5df5-b6db-a7a9b76fe96e)

Dedication (#ua7cd9724-69e5-5ccb-b43d-6e940ccc4ae3)

Map (#ubddf1618-5fbe-5c2e-81a4-216a85ebb37f)

Cast of Characters (#u29fa20d7-2559-5b9d-ac87-c880396a90cc)

Part One (#ud6ce1d70-073e-508c-89e2-0bd243edd5af)

Chapter One (#ua20d08e2-2da1-599f-8853-366e9fb0c494)

Chapter Two (#u2d70fba6-e381-51ac-8bb5-324b8a458b80)

Chapter Three (#u57ce5166-7730-5839-8ff1-4a6449537382)

Chapter Four (#u06068a20-484a-510a-ac8d-b04fdba47659)

Chapter Five (#u8d22f0d7-2ed3-5706-b453-73ba6d458e73)

Chapter Six (#ud87cf478-3c1e-5577-9ee8-0fc3b7db88ec)

Chapter Seven (#ufabd2df0-73a0-53e1-938f-e1333311ed5a)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

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)

Part Two (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One (#litres_trial_promo)