The Carroll Affair
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Ongoing1h 9m
Last published Sun, Aug 23, 2020
Katherine Elliott's job at a magazine is turned upside down when she becomes the source of office gossip.
Tired of the whispers, she applies for a job at The Foreign Office, working with the handsome new Foreign Secretary who shares her dream to change the world for the better.
Little does she know, no-one's world is going to change more than hers.
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