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The Singles

A Boxed Novel Set from

Emily Snow

Table of Contents

Title Page

Uncovered

Uncovered Copyright

Synopsis

Dedication

The Playlist

Prologue

Part 1

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Part 2

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Part 3

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Acknowledgments

Savor You

Savor You Copyright

Synopsis

The Playlist

Dedication

Prologue

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Acknowledgments

Wrecked

Wrecked Copyright

Synopsis

The Playlist

Dedication

Prologue

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Sneak Peak: Bad Advice

Chapter One

Chapter Two

About the Author

Uncovered

A novel by

Emily Snow

Uncovered Copyright

Copyright © August 2014 by Emily Snow Books

Cover designed by Letitia Hasser, RBA Designs

This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the publisher in writing. For information message emilysnowbooks@gmail.com.

Synopsis

My name is Lizzie Connelly, and I have it all. The gorgeous apartment. The new job most women would rip out their own souls for—working for Margaret Emerson at Emerson & Taylor. I have one of those lives you’ve always dreamt about, the kind you only see on HBO. But, the thing is, that life is a lie. A façade.

It all started with one call. “Everything you know about your story—your father’s story—is a lie. It’s up to you to uncover everything.” One call, and I turned my world upside down to dig my way into Margaret’s life—the woman who I’d never laid eyes on until recently. My stepmother who took everything after my father died fourteen years ago.

The plan was simple—figure out what role she played in my father’s death and expose her to the world.

But here’s another thing: simplicity doesn’t exist, and my plans are flawed from the beginning because I never anticipated Oliver. Sexy, too smart for his own good, and infuriating, he’s the one person who could blow my plans to uncover Margaret. She’s his mother, and in another life, that would have made him my stepbrother.

I want to pretend that none of that matters, that I can simply finish what I came to do without sparing him a second glance and another thought.

Like I said, though, there’s no such thing as simplicity.

My real name is Gemma Emerson.

And this is my story.

Dedication

To you ...

You kick ass.

The Playlist

“Seven Devils” by Florence + the Machine

“Empire” by Shakira

“Words as Weapons” by Seether

“Three Wishes” by The Pierces

“Shush” by Rachele Royale

“The End Where I Begin” by The Script

“Love the Way You Lie” by Eminem & Rihanna

“Here In My Room” by Incubus

“Rev 22-20” by Puscifer

“Mz. Hyde” by Halestorm

“Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Lorde

“I Want You” by Halestorm

“Criminal” by Fiona Apple

“Desire” by Meg Myers

“Shatter Me” by Lindsey Stirling

“West Coast” by Lana Del Rey

“House of the Rising Sun” by Five Finger Death Punch

“Sail” by AWOLNATION

“Whatever You Like” by Anya Marina

“I’m a Mess” by Ed Sheeran

“Hello” by Evanescence

“Howl” by Florence + the Machine

“Money Power Glory” by Lana Del Rey

Prologue

Four Months Ago

"I might not be one of your sugar daddies, Gemma Emerson, but I’m someone you’ll want to listen to. You don’t want to end this call," the man said before I could murmur a hello. His stab at my job, the mention of my name, caused my fingers to freeze around my phone.

"Everything you’ve been told about your story, your father's story, is a lie. It's up to you to uncover the truth."

Hearing the stranger’s voice rasping in my ear, I sat up straight on my couch, strands of my blond hair flopping over my face. The lazy grin still spread across my face from my last call gave way as a tidal wave of uneasiness washed over me. "What did you just say?" I whispered, receiving a response of heavy breathing, which creeped me out even more. "A-are you there?"

It wasn’t like me to stutter. Before I began working at what my best friend jokingly called, “half-naked concierge”, my line of work was solely phone sex. It hadn’t taken long for me to discover that the girls who couldn’t find their words were the ones who were hung up on instantaneously. My caller on the other end, however, was a different story. Something told me that my speechlessness gratified him.

“Hello?”

“I’m here.” This time he didn’t completely catch me off guard, so I tried to pinpoint his voice. It was unquestionably male, which I’d already surmised, and intentionally low and gruff.  Other than that, though, I was at a loss. “And you heard me the first time, Gemma.”