Mercurial by Naomi Hughes (ebook reader with built in dictionary .txt) 📕

words to express the impact you’ve had on my journey and how much your encouragement and belief has meant to me. Without you, I would be a lesser author and a lesser person.

Thanks to my brilliant, kind, and supportive husband Caleb. You are one of the very few people who truly get me, and without that I honestly don’t know who I would be. Thank you for covering for me when I needed time to work, and for dragging me away from my computer to get hot cocoa when I needed time to rest.

Lastly, thanks to my daughter—my little girl, full of fire. Your zeal and your absolutely ferocious love have changed my life in ways that are beyond my own comprehension. When you read this story someday (when you are much older), I hope that you see my heart in it, and I hope it speaks to you the way it spoke to me.

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Table of Contents

Front Matter

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Epigraph

Prologue

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

BONUS SHORT STORY: The Rose Witch

Acknowledgements

Other Books by Naomi

Landmarks

Cover

Copyright Page

Title Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Epigraph

Prologue

Acknowledgments