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    A Man Named Klaus
    A Man Named Klaus
    A Man Named Klaus
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    A Man Named Klaus

    By Violetta Antcliff

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    Chrystal is both delighted and confused when she finds herself the winner of a competition she never entered. First prize: a long weekend away, all expenses paid, to the beautiful town of Hamelin West Germany. She decides to accept the prize, no questions asked, she has a sneaking suspicion she knows who's behind it all.

    Getting lost in a strange country and spending the night in a shack with a total stranger, isn't something she bargained for. Klaus Stromberg, arrogant and maddeningly handsome, is a man of mystery, Chrystal can't decide if he's genuine or an accomplished liar.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGypsy Shadow Publishing, LLC
    Release dateOct 21, 2013
    ISBN9781619501799
    A Man Named Klaus
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    Violetta Antcliff

    Violetta Antcliff has been a member of the Nottingham Writers' Club for over twenty years. A winner of numerous short story competitions, her work was area short listed in Waterstone's Wow Factor story competition. Took first prize in Nottingham County Council short story competition with a story called "Irish Mouse Tales," which was published by Gypsy Shadow Publishing as an eBook in July of 2012. She has had her poetry and short stories read on local radio. Violetta is a prolific writer of short fiction, having written and published more than 40 short stories with Gypsy Shadow.

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      A Man Named Klaus - Violetta Antcliff

      Contents

      Copyright Page

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      About the Author

      A Man Named Klaus

      by

      Violetta Antcliff

      All rights reserved

      Copyright © September 25, 2013, Violetta Antcliff

      Cover Art Copyright © 2013, Charlotte Holley

      Gypsy Shadow Publishing, LLC.

      Lockhart, TX

      www.gypsyshadow.com

      Names, characters and incidents depicted in this book are products of the author’s imagination, or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of the author or the publisher.

      No part of this book may be reproduced or shared by any electronic or mechanical means, including but not limited to printing, file sharing, and email, without prior written permission from Gypsy Shadow Publishing, LLC.

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      ISBN: 978-1-61950-179-9

      Published in the United States of America

      First eBook Edition: October, 2013

      Chapter 1

      Chrystal hadn’t entered any competitions, and yet she’d won a long weekend-away in Germany, all expenses paid. She assumed someone had entered the competition on her behalf, and fully expected whoever it was to own up.

      But they didn’t and the mystery only deepened when a week later an envelope containing airline tickets plopped through the letterbox onto the doormat.

      Chrystal, with her dark hair and hazel eyes, had more than her fair share of good looks.

      Of her wide circle of friends, there was one whom she felt sure was her anonymous benefactor.

      I know it’s him, she confided to her friend Karen. Do you remember the time I received anonymous tickets through the post for a show? He had no option but to own up that time because his seat was next to mine in the theatre. If he wants to waste money, he can. I’ve decided to accept, no questions asked, and enjoy myself. I might take the opportunity to look up some old friends, she added.

      Chrystal and Karen both worked for a large retail company in Nottingham. Chrystal had started there straight after leaving Sixth Form College and worked her way up to area manager’s PA.

      However, Karen, who’d joined the firm at the same time, had progressed no further up the ladder than where she’d started as a routine duties clerk.

      Chrystal’s position entitled her to five weeks holiday instead of four and her take home pay was double her friend’s. Karen always insisted she wasn’t jealous, insisted she wouldn’t have taken the job as PA’s assistant if it had been offered to her on a silver plate.

      "This won’t be your

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