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    Devon
    Devon
    Devon
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    Devon

    By Michael Pockley

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    A young man, mourning the loss of his wife, is lent a cottage in Devon. When there, fate takes a surprising turn.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBeaten Track Publishing
    Release dateApr 6, 2020
    ISBN9781786454164
    Devon

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      Devon - Michael Pockley

      Devon

      Devon

      Michael Pockley

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      Beaten Track

      www.beatentrackpublishing.com

      Devon

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

      First published 2020 by Beaten Track Publishing

      Copyright © 2020 Michael Pockley at Smashwords

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent publisher.

      The moral right of the author has been asserted.

      ISBN: 978 1 78645 416 4

      Cover Art: Evie Burrows

      Beaten Track Publishing,

      Burscough, Lancashire.

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      A young man, mourning the loss of his wife, is lent a cottage in Devon. When there, fate takes a surprising turn.

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