Everything to Gain

Everything to Gain
Barbara Taylor Bradford

A gripping story of triumph over tragedy from the author of A Woman of SubstanceMallory Keswick is a woman with the world at her feet. Then out of the blue, that world is shattered by violent tragedy and she loses all that she holds dear.Torn by grief, Mal knows that she must rebuild her life. She flees to a village on the Yorkshire moors where she learns to draw on the deepest reserves of her spirit.Mal opens a cafe and shop selling gourmet food and kitchenware and turns it into a highly successful venture. But there remains in her life an aching void, a grief that no individual, nor her new-found business acumen, can assuage. Then she meets Richard Markson, and once more, Mal’s life has come to a crossroads. It is he who shows her that she has everything to gain – but only if she has the courage to take it.

BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Everything to Gain

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1994

Copyright © Barbara Taylor Bradford 1994

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For Bob, ever true blue, with my love

Contents

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Prologue (#ulink_5bcb7687-f112-521f-929c-50aed9e91645)

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PART TWO: Kilgram Chase

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PART THREE: New York City

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PART FOUR: Indian Meadows

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