The House of Dreams (44 page)

Kate Lord Brown
is the internationally bestselling author of
The Perfume Garden
. She grew up in a wild and beautiful part of Devon, England, and was first published while at school. Kate won the BBC International Radio Playwriting Competition, Middle East region, in 2014; was a finalist in ITV's The People's Author competition 2009; and has a master's in creative writing.
The Perfume Garden
was short-listed for the UK Romantic Novel of the Year 2014. She lives in the Middle East with her family. Visit her at
www.katelordbrown.com
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C
ONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Epigraph

From the Desk of Sophie Cass

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

Chapter 46

Chapter 47

Chapter 48

Chapter 49

Chapter 50

Chapter 51

Chapter 52

Chapter 53

Chapter 54

Chapter 55

Chapter 56

Chapter 57

Chapter 58

Chapter 59

Author's Note

Acknowledgments

Also by Kate Lord Brown

About the Author

Copyright

 

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

 

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“The Great Lover” by Rupert Brooke, 1914, is used with the kind permission of the Rupert Brooke Society.

 

Cover design by Lisa Marie Pompilio

 

Cover photographs: woman © Jayne Szekely/Arcangel; landscape © Ayal Ardon/Arcangel

 

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ISBN 978-1-250-08453-8 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-250-10982-8 (Canadian)

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First Edition: May 2016

First Canadian Edition: May 2016