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The Key

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Lily Thacker is twenty four, and has lived her whole life under her mother's thumb. She dreams of fun and excitement - something more than her current grim and monotonous existence. When she goes to see a Tarot reader, she is offered the hope of better things to come - but what she could never have expected was that it would start a chain of events that strip away all that she thought to be true. From dreary Tooting to the glamour of Majorca, she sets out on a journey to seek the truth of her existence, and also finds happiness, excitement and love along the way.

**This book has themes of bullying, emotional & psychological abuse.**

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