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Reformed Bad Girl

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by Shelley Munro


  “What is that woman talking about? I don’t own any garden gnomes. Frankly, I think they’re extremely overrated. My grandmother used to have some. Very ugly.”

  “Miss Alexander, come with us.”

  Mystified, Kate trailed after the two police officers, following them around the corner of her house to the rear of her section.

  The back garden looked unloved. A profusion of weeds choked puny petunias while hedges ran rampant, branches reaching out in every direction. The lawn had needed mowing two weeks ago. Now, it grew knee-high. Kate blushed when the first police officer had to turn sideways to squeeze between a large leafy shrub and the house. The second police officer held back the branch so Kate could move past.

  “Thank you,” she mumbled. Staring at her feet, she made a mental note to add gardening to her list of things to do. Perhaps toward the top of her list, slightly above attic cleaning.

  “Miss Alexander, are these yours?”

  Kate came to a dead halt. The unkempt lawn was a familiar sight. The small plaster figurines arranged in a circle around her clothesline were not.

  In the light of day, the gaudy-colored gnomes appeared rough and scruffy with noticeable patches and repairs. They glared spitefully as though resenting her presence. She shook herself mentally, cursing her active imagination. Silly. They were harmless garden gnomes.

  She turned to stare at the two officers. “Ah…”

  “Do the gnomes belong to you, Miss Alexander?”

  “They’re not mine,” Kate said. “They weren’t here yesterday.”

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  About the Author

  Shelley lives in New Zealand with her husband and a cheeky Jack Russell/mystery breed puppy.

  Typical New Zealanders, Shelley and her husband left home for their big OE soon after they married (translation of New Zealand speak – big overseas experience). A twelve month adventure lengthened to six years of roaming the world. Enduring memories include being almost sat on by a mountain gorilla in Rwanda, lazing on white sandy beaches in India, whale watching in Alaska, searching for leprechauns in Ireland, and dealing with ghosts in an English pub.

  While travel is still a big attraction, these days Shelley is most likely found in front of her computer following another love – that of writing stories of romance and adventure. Other interests include watching rugby (strictly for research purposes), cycling, baking bread and curling up with a good book.

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  Other Books by Shelley

  Paranormal

  Sea of Change

  Price of Love

  Blue Moon Dragon

  Lynx to the Pharaoh

  Middlemarch Shifters

  My Scarlet Woman

  My Younger Lover

  My Peeping Tom

  My Assassin

  My Estranged Lover

  My Feline Protector

  My Determined Suitor

  My Cat Burglar

  My Stray Cat

  My Second Chance

  My Plan B

  House of the Cat series

  Sampled & Seduced

  Captured & Seduced

  Claimed & Seduced

  Merry & Seduced

  Stranded & Seduced

  Seized & Seduced

  Hunted & Seduced

  Festive & Seduced

  Contemporary

  Stranger Things Happen

  Wild Child

  Cat Burglar in Training

  One Night of Misbehavior

  Blindside

  Fringe Benefits

  Lovers at Last

  Ain’t Misbehaving

  Playing to Win

  Summer Encounter

  Love and Friendship series

  The Bottom Line

  Past Regrets

  Farmer Wants a Wife

  Clare Chronicles

  Part-Time Lovers

  Enemy Lovers

  Military Men

  Innocent Next Door

  Soldiers with Benefits

  Safeguarding Sorrel

  Sci-fi/Futuristic

  Interplanetary Love

  Alien Encounter series

  Janaya

  Hinekiri

  Alexandre

  Gay Romance

  Eye on the Ball

  Lone Wolf

  Seeking Kokopelli

  No Defense

  Best Man

  Last Wish

  Historical

  Mistress of Merrivale

  The Spurned Viscountess

  Evening Tryst

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  Reformed Bad Girl

  Copyright © 2016 Shelley Munro

  ISBN: 978-0-473-37100-5

  This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the writer’s imagination or have been used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, actual events, locales or organizations is entirely coincidental.

  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any manner whatsoever without the prior written permission from the author except in the case of brief quotation embodied in critical articles and reviews.

  Shelley Munro

 

 

 


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