title: Pattern of Deceit
author:  Leigh Duncan 
description: An Amazon best-selling author and a National Readers Choice Award winner, Leigh Duncan is the author of more than two dozen novels, novellas and short stories. Her first full-length book, The Officers Girl, was released by Harlequin American Romance in 2010. Leigh went on to write seven more books for Harlequin, including the highly acclaimed Glades County Cowboys series, before she began writing the more complex, heart-warming and emotional stories that have resonated with her readers. She was recently chosen as the lead author for Hallmark Publishings new line of books, which kicked off with the release of Journey Back to Christmas. Leigh lives on Central Florida's East Coast where she writes womens fiction and contemporary romance with a dash of Southern sass. To learn more about her, visit her website at www.leighduncan.com.
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  # A PERFECT HATRED: BAD COMPANY
  
  
  ### BOOK TWO
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## P. A. Duncan
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #### [Unexpected Paths](http://www.unexpectedpaths.com)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2018 by P. A. Duncan (Phyllis A. Duncan, Phyllis Anne Duncan)
  
  
  www.unexpectedpaths.com
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Library of Congress No. TXu002104237
  
  
  ISBN: 978-1728911243
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  thereof in any form, with the exception of brief excerpts for the purpose of
  review. To use excerpts for purposes other than review, please contact the
  author at [phyllisduncan52@gmail.com](mailto:phyllisduncan52@gmail.com)
  
  
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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, and some
  locations and incidents are products of the author’s imagination. Any
  resemblance to actual events, places, or persons, public figures
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