The Pleasures of Summer (50 page)
Caroline and Eileen wish to thank:
Our beta readers, Claire, Mary, Silje, Ger and D, for their encouragement and for pointing out the obvious.
Patricia Deevy and everyone in Penguin.
Our agent, Madeleine Milburn.
Website designer Seoirse MacGabhann for the IT support and endless pots of coffee.
Our wonderful tutor, Patricia O’Reilly, who continues to inspire and mentor us.
Mircat, special advisor on archery.
John Colgan, special advisor on weapons and military.
Ian O’Reilly for information about London.
Our unshockable friends on FetLife for their kinky suggestions.
And all those, too numerous to mention, who answered our questions – no matter how strange – during the writing of
The Pleasures of Summer
.
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First published 2013
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ISBN: 978-0-241-96665-5