Competing in Novelmint Selects · Issue No. 3
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Book 1
Book 2A Lift Home
Thriller
Written by
Suzi MichaelsRuth boards a wedding reception boat to take her mother home. By the time she finds Vera, the gangway is gone—and a debt collector is asking for twelve thousand pounds.
Vera has the money. She also has a habit of making Ruth responsible for things Ruth never agreed to.
As a private family problem becomes everybody's business, Ruth tries to get them both ashore without letting her mother talk her into one more helpful lie.
A darkly funny story about love, money, and the limits of rescuing someone.
Chapters
Ruth comes to take her mother home from a wedding boat. A debt collector, stolen money, and a departing gangway turn a quick favour into a crisis.
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