Scandals. PENNY JORDAN

Scandals - PENNY  JORDAN


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      Scandals

      Penny Jordan

      

       Copyright

      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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      Copyright © Penny Jordan 2010

      

      Penny Jordan asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      

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      Source ISBN: 9781847560759

      Ebook Edition © MAY 2010 ISBN: 9780007371686 Version: 2016-10-11

      To silk – the most magical of fabrics that always casts its spell on me.

      Table of Contents

       Cover Page

       Title Page

       Dedication

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Chapter Eighteen

       Chapter Nineteen

       Chapter Twenty

       Chapter Twenty-One

       Chapter Twenty-Two

       Chapter Twenty-Three

       Chapter Twenty-Four

       Chapter Twenty-Five

       Epilogue

       Keep Reading

       Scandals Reading Group Questions

       Acknowledgements

       About the Author

       By the Same Author

       About the Publisher

       Chapter One

      Christmas 1991

      

      ‘It won’t be long now. They’ll all be here soon,’ said Amber.

      Jay gave his wife an understanding smile, acknowledging her excitement.

      They were in the drawing room at Denham, the elegant Palladian house Amber had inherited from her grandmother. The low-lying December sun was striking beams of pale light through the windows to illuminate the room’s soft blue and yellow décor, as Jay and Amber anticipated the arrival of their family.

      Amber may have just had her seventy-ninth birthday, but even now she possessed a child’s delight in the magic of Christmas.

      This youthful enthusiasm she had never lost, combined with her experience of life, had made her the driving force behind the success of Denby Silk, the Macclesfield silk mill,


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