The Deal
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People can buy your silence, but not your loyalty...
Macy Taylor was born in the shadow of Tavistock Square, at the heart of her Manchester estate. Itβs got a reputation as a place where bad things happen. But itβs kept her secrets and sheβs kept its code of silence.
If you need something sorting, or want something you canβt get anywhere else β no questions asked β then you go to the Square. But everything in life comes at a price.
Leanne Taylor is seventeen β she doesnβt understand why her mother wants her to keep clear of the life she led as a teenager. Leanneβs got dreams, but they donβt come cheap and the only people with money and power she knows are the boys and men that make their deals in the alleys and dark corners of the Square.
For mother and daughter, itβs time to work out what they really care about, how fiercely theyβll fight to protect it, and what theyβll do when one day, the trouble theyβve worked so hard to outrun comes right to their own front door...
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Karen Woods left school at 15 with no qualifications but she always knew she had a story to tell. An adult literacy course when she was 40 opened the gates and sheβs written over 20 novels since. She is now a passionate literacy campaigner who also works in schools empowering children to write and tell their story. Karen lives in Manchester with her family.
