FALSE ENCHANTMENT
Nothing was ever the same after Perdita entered Abby’s life. She was dressed in rags, but no one noticed that, only the extraordinary beauty of the exhausted child which grew even more haunting as the years passed. So too did the air of danger that clung to her, and Abby was plunged into a web of fear as Edmund, whom she had always loved, was caught up in Perdita’s spell.
HELEN MAGEE
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FALSE
ENCHANTMENT
Complete and Unabridged
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First published in Great Britain under the name of Elinor Dean
First published in 2001 by Robert Hale
This large print edition published by Pollinger in Print 2007
Copyright © 1984 by Elinor Dean
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ISBN 978-1-905665-35-8
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For Margaret and Hugh with love
Contents
1 – Abby
2 – Perdita
3 – Abby
4 – Perdita
5 – Abby
6 – Perdita
7 – Abby
8 – Perdita
9 – Abby