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    Unlocked: A Short Story Prequel to Unnerved
    Unlocked: A Short Story Prequel to Unnerved
    Unlocked: A Short Story Prequel to Unnerved
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    Unlocked: A Short Story Prequel to Unnerved

    By Nan Alexander

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    Kate Whitman is hiding from the real world for three weeks after her college graduation, on vacation with her best friend's family. But on her last day on Cape Cod, Kate connects with someone at a party in a way that stirs her so deeply she'll never be the same. This short story is a prequel to the full-length novel, Unnerved.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNan Alexander
    Release dateJun 20, 2014
    ISBN9781311797513
    Unlocked: A Short Story Prequel to Unnerved
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    Nan Alexander

    NAN ALEXANDER is the author of new adult romances Unnerved, Unlocked, and Undisclosed in The Winemaker's Daughters series. She lives in Northern California and has been known to sneak up to wine country while her kids are in school for a romantic lunch with her own Tall, Dark and Handsome.

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      Unlocked - Nan Alexander

      UNLOCKED

      A SHORT STORY PREQUEL TO UNNERVED

      By Nan Alexander

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2014 Nan Alexander

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      JON WAS THE FIRST TO GET THE TEXT, and he whistled like a schoolboy looking at a bawdy picture. Whew…tonight’s gonna be good, Kate, he said, never looking up from his phone. That announcement turned my stomach because I knew it meant an uncomfortable evening for me.

      We were sitting on the weathered deck, drinking Cokes out of the can, feet up on the railing, watching the waves break.

      A bunch of kids are planning to invade that house for a party, Jon said. He pointed down the beach towards a spit of sand jutting out into the bay. I could just make out a sprawling blue-gray colonial set back from the water. We’ve always called it the Blue Lady, he said.

      Who lives there?

      "They’re new. Probably bought it two summers ago. But they’re never there—this early

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