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Dire Strait (Half Lives Book 0.1)

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Caoimhe "Kit" O'Donnell: Loose cannon. Pushing fifty. Middle child. Passionate. Talented. Shockingly charming. Avoidant. Tends to babble.

Kit is wallowing in despair after unexpectedly being made redundant from her 100%-remote job. Work has been the centre of her life; as an accomplished professional, she had been intently pursued by prestigious companies. Now she's finding it difficult to get callbacks, much less interviews. With the return-to-office movement in full swing, she must decide whether to stay in her cosy cottage on remote Dursey Island or move back to Dublin.

**New chapters posted on Mondays**

Dire Strait is a side story to the first novel in the Half Lives series.
Cover photo by Steven Hylands https://www.instagram.com/shylands/All Rights Reserved

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