She Started It


 
 
 
 
 
 
 Contents
 
 Cover
 Title Page
 Dedication
 Contents
 Prologue
 One: Annabel
 Two: Chloe
 Three: Tanya
 Four: Esther
 Five: Annabel
 Six: Chloe
 Seven: Tanya
 Eight: Esther
 Nine: Poppy
 Ten: Annabel
 Eleven: Chloe
 Twelve: Tanya
 Thirteen: Esther
 Fourteen: Poppy
 Fifteen: Annabel
 Sixteen: Chloe
 Seventeen: Tanya
 Eighteen: Esther
 Nineteen: Poppy
 Twenty: Annabel
 Twenty-One: Chloe
 Twenty-Two: Tanya
 Twenty-Three: Esther
 Twenty-Four: Annabel
 Twenty-Five: Chloe
 Twenty-Six: Esther
 Twenty-Seven: Poppy
 Twenty-Eight: Annabel
 Twenty-Nine: Esther
 Thirty: Annabel
 Thirty-One: Annabel
 Thirty-Two: Poppy
 Thirty-Three: Annabel
 Thirty-Four: Poppy
 Thirty-Five: Annabel
 Thirty-Six: Annabel
 Thirty-Seven: Annabel
 Thirty-Eight: Wendy
 Acknowledgments
 About the Author
 Copyright
 About the Publisher
 
 
 
 
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 Guide
 
 Cover
 Contents
 Prologue
 
 
 
 
 Dedication
 
 
 For my granny, Marie Blackmore.
 Your love of books inspired my own.
 
 
 
 
 
 PrologueRobin
 
 
 May 22, 2023
 
 There’s only the bride waiting for me, and she’s covered in blood.
 
 Normally at the end of a holiday on this island the whole party is ready with their suitcases, sunburned 
 
 OneAnnabel
 
 
 May 18, 2023
 
 I take out the invitation again, its creamy thick card with embossed lettering somehow more impressive than the first-class
 plane ticket to the Bahamas. There are a few minutes before my taxi