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    Unexpected Treasure
    Unexpected Treasure
    Unexpected Treasure
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    Unexpected Treasure

    By Nell Dixon

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    The old silver box at the back of the cupboard wasn’t the only treasure Lily discovered when she moved into her new college rooms.

    Unexpected Treasure is a short story accompanied by tasters for some of Nell Dixon’s other published work

    Nell Dixon is a Black Country author, married for twenty-eight years she has three daughters, a tank of tropical fish and a cactus called Spike. Winner of the RNA’s Romance Prize in 2007 and 2010, she writes warm-hearted contemporary romance

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNell Dixon
    Release dateNov 26, 2012
    ISBN9781301421466
    Unexpected Treasure
    Author

    Nell Dixon

    Nell Dixon is a Black Country author, married to the same man for over twenty-eight years she has three daughters, a tank of tropical fish and a cactus called Spike. Winner of the RNA’s prestigious Romance Prize in 2007 and 2010, she writes warm-hearted contemporary romance for a number of publishers in the US and the UK including Astraea Press, Myrmidon Press, Samhain Publishing, Little Black Dress, E-Scape Press and Freya’s Bower.

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      A really intriguing short story that has a bit of a mystery to unravel. The characters are the kind you hope will get together in the end. They have a real honesty about them. I was a little disappointed in the ending though and found it a bit abrupt.

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    Unexpected Treasure - Nell Dixon

    Dear Reader,

    Nell Dixon is a UK based author living in the Black Country with her husband, three teenage daughters, a tank of tropical fish and a cactus called Spike. She writes warm hearted contemporary fiction with a dash of humour and a dollop of suspense. In 2007 and 2010 she was the winner of the Romantic Novelist Association’s Romance Prize for best category length fiction in the UK. She is the only person to have ever won it twice. She is published by Astraea press, Myrmidon, Headline, Mira, E-Scape Press, Samhain and Freya’s Bower.

    You can find her on Twitter and Facebook or check out her website at http://www.nelldixon.com

    Other titles available from Nell include:

    Things to Do

    Marrying Max

    His Darling Nurse

    Animal Instincts

    Blue Remembered Heels

    Brief Encounters - anthology with Elizabeth Hanbury and Phillipa Ashley

    Passionate Harvest

    Dangerous to Know

    Be My Hero

    The Cinderella Substitute

    Cue Me In

    Renovation, Renovation, Renovation

    Making Waves

    September Song

    A Cornish Christmas

    Easter Holiday

    A New Bay Wedding

    Published by Brierley Rose Press at Smashwords

    This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organisations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Unexpected Treasure. Copyright 2012 Nell Dixon.

    All rights reserved.

    The moral right of Nell Dixon to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.

    No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the prior written permission of Brierley Rose Press.

    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 Smashwords and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

    Unexpected Treasure

    Lily blew the fragment of ancient cobweb from the tip of her nose. She tried not to think too hard about the size of spider that might have created it as she pushed her cleaning cloth further into the dark recesses of the built-in cupboard. One of the original features of the once stately Edwardian terraced house, the cupboard was almost as large as the room she was renting.

    Her fingers brushed against an unexpected hard object. Lily wobbled on her toes and prayed she wouldn’t fall off the chair that she was standing on as she nudged the mystery find forwards so she could look at it.

    A small dull coloured box, once silver but now tarnished copper-grey with age came into view. Lily clambered carefully down from her perch and carried it across to the window so she could examine her find. She pushed aside the empty cardboard boxes on the window ledge. Perching on the sill, she examined the box. It had obviously been in the cupboard for a long time judging from the tarnish on its surface. A delicate engraving of a country scene on the lid of the box showed through the grime.

    Lily gave it a rub with her cleaning cloth to remove the loose dirt before attempting to lift the lid. To her chagrin, the box was locked. She gave it an experimental shake and thought she heard something rattle inside.

    Probably buttons. She spoke out loud to the empty room and the blind at the part open sash window shivered as if in agreement.

    She had to be at least the fourth or fifth student to occupy the room since the house had been divided for sub-letting. It was unlikely that no-one else had discovered the box. Still, judging from the amount of dirt on her cleaning cloth it was also entirely possible that no-one else had bothered scrubbing so far back in the cupboard.

    A loud knock on her door disturbed

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