Kathleen McGurl - The Forgotten Gift

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‘Be ready to be wowed and amazed and lose sleep as you stay up to reach the last pages!… You absolutely must read it!’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 starsWhat would you do to protect the ones you love?1861. George’s life changes forever the day he meets Lucy. She’s beautiful and charming, and he sees a future with her that his position as the second son in a wealthy family has never offered him. But when Lucy dies in a suspected poisoning days after rejecting George, he finds himself swept up into a murder investigation. George loved Lucy; he would never have harmed her. So who did?Now. On the surface Cassie is happy with her life: a secure job, good friends, and a loving family. When a mysterious gift in a long-forgotten will leads her to a dark secret in her family’s history she’s desperate to learn more. But the secrets in Cassie’s family aren’t all hidden in the past, and her research will soon lead her to a revelation much closer to home – and which will turn everything she knows on its head…Discover a family’s darkest secrets today. Perfect for fans of The Girl in the Letter, The Beekeeper’s Promise and The Forgotten Village!Readers love The Forgotten Gift!‘Excellent… I read it in one fell swoop… Utterly engrossing and responsible for the fact that I went to bed well after my usual bedtime.’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars‘Fast paced and very well written story… Impossible to put down… Loved it.’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars‘The queen of dual timelines has done it again.’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars‘I was completely transfixed… Didn't want to put it down once I'd started it. It was finished within a day.’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars‘The writing is fantastic. The pace fast. The plot gripping.’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars‘I enjoyed this book… The story of George had a perfect ending.’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars‘I really liked this book… Well written and great character development.’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars

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Chapter 8: George

Chapter 9: Cassie

Chapter 10: George

Chapter 11: Cassie

Chapter 12: George

Chapter 13: Cassie

Chapter 14: George

Chapter 15: Cassie

Chapter 16: George

Chapter 17: Cassie

Chapter 18: George

Chapter 19: Cassie

Chapter 20: George

Chapter 21: Cassie

Chapter 22: George

Chapter 23: Cassie

Chapter 24: George

Chapter 25: Cassie

Chapter 26: George

Chapter 27: Cassie

Chapter 28: George

Chapter 29: Cassie

Chapter 30: George, 1871

Chapter 31: Cassie

Acknowledgements

Extract

Dear Reader …

Keep Reading …

About the Publisher

For my son Fionn, who always smiles when I send him a rough draft of each novel to read and comment on. Keep up the good work!

Prologue Prologue: George Britten, 1874 Chapter 1: Cassie, present day Chapter 2: George, 1861 Chapter 3: Cassie Chapter 4: George Chapter 5: Cassie Chapter 6: George Chapter 7: Cassie Chapter 8: George Chapter 9: Cassie Chapter 10: George Chapter 11: Cassie Chapter 12: George Chapter 13: Cassie Chapter 14: George Chapter 15: Cassie Chapter 16: George Chapter 17: Cassie Chapter 18: George Chapter 19: Cassie Chapter 20: George Chapter 21: Cassie Chapter 22: George Chapter 23: Cassie Chapter 24: George Chapter 25: Cassie Chapter 26: George Chapter 27: Cassie Chapter 28: George Chapter 29: Cassie Chapter 30: George, 1871 Chapter 31: Cassie Acknowledgements Extract Dear Reader … Keep Reading … About the Publisher

George Britten, 1874 Prologue: George Britten, 1874 Chapter 1: Cassie, present day Chapter 2: George, 1861 Chapter 3: Cassie Chapter 4: George Chapter 5: Cassie Chapter 6: George Chapter 7: Cassie Chapter 8: George Chapter 9: Cassie Chapter 10: George Chapter 11: Cassie Chapter 12: George Chapter 13: Cassie Chapter 14: George Chapter 15: Cassie Chapter 16: George Chapter 17: Cassie Chapter 18: George Chapter 19: Cassie Chapter 20: George Chapter 21: Cassie Chapter 22: George Chapter 23: Cassie Chapter 24: George Chapter 25: Cassie Chapter 26: George Chapter 27: Cassie Chapter 28: George Chapter 29: Cassie Chapter 30: George, 1871 Chapter 31: Cassie Acknowledgements Extract Dear Reader … Keep Reading … About the Publisher

Extract from the last will and testament of George Thomas Britten

… and to Nathaniel Spring, Chaplain of Millbank Prison, I bequeath the sum of one hundred pounds and to Emily the wife of the aforesaid Nathaniel Spring I give my hand mirror with the silver frame that is inlaid with sapphires and pearls in recognition of his friendship and support during my time of greatest need …

George Britten listened carefully as his solicitor read out the section of the will that he had just completed writing. ‘Does that cover it, sir?’

George nodded. ‘Yes, I think that will do. So I am repaying in a small way the kindnesses shown to me by Nathaniel Spring. It’s important to me.’

‘Yes, sir.’ The solicitor, Edmund Harris, frowned. ‘It’s not for me to comment, sir, but I can’t help but wonder about your connection with these people?’

George stood and paced around the room. ‘You are right. It is not for you to comment. Suffice it to say that without Nathaniel, I would not be here today. I owe him … my life.’

‘Very well, sir. As to the remains of your estate: after your other bequests it is to be passed to your wife, and then split evenly amongst your children after her demise. Is that correct?’

‘Yes, that is right.’ George sat down again and leaned back in his chair as Mr Harris penned the next part of the will. It felt good to have this set down on paper. There’d been a time when he’d thought he would not need to write a will – he’d have nothing to leave to anyone. But now, at the age of thirty-three, he’d become well off, with a wife and family to provide for, and with personal debts to repay in whatever way he could. He’d come a long way since his youth, albeit by a roundabout route that he would never have imagined.

That mirror, expensive and beautifully made, which he’d bought so long ago as a gift that was never given – it was fitting that it should go to Nathaniel Spring’s wife. She would treasure it. It had lain forgotten in a drawer for many years; it had not felt right to give it to his own wife.

George thought back to the boy he’d been at nineteen – that naïve young man who’d begun a journal in which to capture his hopes and dreams, thoughts and desires. How innocent in the ways of the world he’d been then, and how little he could have anticipated what his future held in store for him!

Chapter 1 Chapter 1: Cassie, present day Chapter 2: George, 1861 Chapter 3: Cassie Chapter 4: George Chapter 5: Cassie Chapter 6: George Chapter 7: Cassie Chapter 8: George Chapter 9: Cassie Chapter 10: George Chapter 11: Cassie Chapter 12: George Chapter 13: Cassie Chapter 14: George Chapter 15: Cassie Chapter 16: George Chapter 17: Cassie Chapter 18: George Chapter 19: Cassie Chapter 20: George Chapter 21: Cassie Chapter 22: George Chapter 23: Cassie Chapter 24: George Chapter 25: Cassie Chapter 26: George Chapter 27: Cassie Chapter 28: George Chapter 29: Cassie Chapter 30: George, 1871 Chapter 31: Cassie Acknowledgements Extract Dear Reader … Keep Reading … About the Publisher

Cassie, present day Chapter 1: Cassie, present day Chapter 2: George, 1861 Chapter 3: Cassie Chapter 4: George Chapter 5: Cassie Chapter 6: George Chapter 7: Cassie Chapter 8: George Chapter 9: Cassie Chapter 10: George Chapter 11: Cassie Chapter 12: George Chapter 13: Cassie Chapter 14: George Chapter 15: Cassie Chapter 16: George Chapter 17: Cassie Chapter 18: George Chapter 19: Cassie Chapter 20: George Chapter 21: Cassie Chapter 22: George Chapter 23: Cassie Chapter 24: George Chapter 25: Cassie Chapter 26: George Chapter 27: Cassie Chapter 28: George Chapter 29: Cassie Chapter 30: George, 1871 Chapter 31: Cassie Acknowledgements Extract Dear Reader … Keep Reading … About the Publisher

The staff room at the sports centre was tatty and tired, its furniture functional at best, but it was one of Cassie’s favourite places. That and the Red Lion pub where she and the other staff often adjourned to at the ends of their shifts. Today, Cassie was working the early shift. She’d started at seven a.m., acting as lifeguard to cover the early morning swim session. She was due to finish at four, and after a half hour in the gym and a relaxing swim, she’d be heading straight to the pub along with Toby and Shania, who’d worked the same shift.

Now, she was on her lunch break in the staff room, sitting on one of the plastic and steel chairs with her feet up on another.

‘Shift your feet,’ said Shania, arriving for her break. ‘God do I need to sit down or what?’

‘Tough class?’ Cassie asked. Shania ran many of the fitness and Zumba classes. A more energetic job than being a lifeguard and general centre attendant, Cassie had always thought.

‘Yeah.’ Shania twisted open a bottle of fruit juice and downed half the bottle in one. Wiping the back of her hand across her mouth she looked at Cassie. ‘Hey, did you see Who Do You Think You Are? last night?’

‘The one with the fella off the soap opera? Yes, I saw it.’ Of course Cassie had seen it. She was obsessed by genealogy – both watching the TV shows where experts traced celebrities’ ancestry, and investigating her own. It’s what she did on her days off. She didn’t have much of a social life beyond the sports centre.

‘His face, when they told him his great-great-grandfather, or whoever it was, had been convicted of murder! It was a picture!’ Shania looked thoughtful. ‘Wonder how it feels, though. I mean, what would you feel if you discovered one of your ancestors was a crook or a murderer?’

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