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    Sway
    Sway
    Sway
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    Sway

    By Nicki Elson

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    Summer nights get interesting for three octogenarian sisters when a mysterious crooner shows up under one of their windows. Sway is a whimsical tale of sisterhood, romance, the power of memories, and the dangers of holding a grudge.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOmnific Publishing
    Release dateFeb 16, 2012
    ISBN9781936305117
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      Sway - Nicki Elson

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      Sway

      Nicki Elson

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      Omnific Publishing

      Dallas

      Copyright Information

      Sway, Copyright © 2011 by Nicki Elson

      All Rights Reserved. Except as permitted under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisher.

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      Omnific Publishing

      P.O. Box 793871, Dallas, TX 75379

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      First published by OmnificPublishing as part of the anthology Summer Lovin’ Breeze, July 2011

      Published by Omnific Publishing, February 2012

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      The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.

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      ISBN: 978-1-936305-11-7

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      Cover Design and Interior Book Design by Coreen Montagna

      Sway

      by Nicki Elson

      THE FIRST NIGHT ROSE heard it, she thought hooligans were in her yard playing their music too loud. She reached for her hearing aid on the nightstand and turned the volume all the way up to see if she’d recognize any of the voices. But what she heard was music. She had no idea what genre the kids were into these days, but she could be fairly certain it wasn’t the big band swing that leaked into her room through the closed window. These were the songs she and Henry used to dance to…back in the day. She turned the volume down a bit, but kept her hearing aid in that night, and fell asleep with a smile.

      The following evening, she sat up in her chair a bit longer than usual. She heard it again. She stood and directed her walker to the window and leaned tentatively forward to peer through the gauzy sheer, but she couldn’t see anybody. She leaned forward more and more until her forehead pressed against the pane. It felt cool despite the

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