Toad in the Hole -- The Rachael O'Brien Chronicles book 4
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Last published Sat, Nov 29, 2014
Book four of THE RACHAEL O'BRIEN CHRONICLES, a novella, takes Rachael on a summer trip to England accompanied by an old family friend, a guy pal from college, and her grandmother. Expecting a soothing change of scenery, she encounters trouble instead when a valuable gold oyster brooch in her possession provokes a frightening series of confrontations with shady characters who want it because of the secret it holds.
Rachael embarks on an odyssey through the English canals in a narrowboat to elude danger and unearth the scandalous past and stunning hidden meaning contained within the mysterious piece of jewelry in Paisley Ray's TOAD IN THE HOLE.
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