Damaged: A gripping short read, the perfect escape for an hour

Damaged: A gripping short read, the perfect escape for an hour
Barbara Taylor Bradford

A gripping and dramatic short read from the master storyteller Barbara Taylor Bradford.Beautiful, artistic and creative, Allison Jones is a force to be reckoned with. Growing up amongst a family of men, she is the treasured gem at the heart of a large and boisterous clan of cops.After the tragic death of her mother, Allison had thrown herself into her work, but then she meets Mike. Neither one of them is prepared for the power and intensity of their love for each other.So, when tragedy strikes, Allison’s life is derailed once again. Her over-protective family have looked out for her all her life, but they cannot protect her from herself…

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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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Ebook Edition © January 2018 ISBN: 9780007503438

Version: 2017-11-02

For Bob, with all my love always.

Table of Contents

Cover (#u55ccea6b-2fb0-56c3-9db6-b5f37a8f6132)

Title Page (#u5da8bdd8-4319-5452-a175-d84bdb4ebd02)

Copyright (#u33c548c9-2e0e-57a9-83f5-11c42a0aa8d3)

Dedication (#u276209f6-7541-5d86-a43f-155ce0febe52)

Aftermath (#u760ea363-ea47-53ab-b20f-46980fd66fa3)

Allison (#uf6f04916-b62c-56cd-b60d-741f0700bf62)

The Beginning (#u20004732-7f43-5be2-bfd3-d5b19e8ee890)

Allison and Jimmy (#ua36dd2d7-7b78-5879-8edb-091e98ea8d0a)

Mike (#u36d28d8d-0f5c-5f78-a32b-9abce55b292c)

Allison and Mike (#uf354aa48-e5db-5dbb-9ef7-b70bcadac28d)

The Jones Family (#litres_trial_promo)

Allison and Peter (#litres_trial_promo)

Peter (#litres_trial_promo)

Allison, Kevin and Mike (#litres_trial_promo)

Mike, Peter and Allison (#litres_trial_promo)

Mike and Allison (#litres_trial_promo)

Kevin (#litres_trial_promo)

Allison and Mike (#litres_trial_promo)

Mike (#litres_trial_promo)

Allison and Peter (#litres_trial_promo)

Defeated (#litres_trial_promo)

Allison (#litres_trial_promo)

Renewal (#litres_trial_promo)

Mike (#litres_trial_promo)

Allison (#litres_trial_promo)

Allison (#litres_trial_promo)

Mike and Allison (#litres_trial_promo)

Keep Reading … (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

Books by Barbara Taylor Bradford (#litres_trial_promo)