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Authors: K E Osborn
A Different Shade of Violet?
K E Osborn
A Different Shade of Violet?
The Shattered Heart Series
KE Osborn
Copyright 2015 KE Osborn
All Rights Reserved
This book is a work of fiction. Any references to real events, real people, and real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the Author’s imagination and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, actual events, organisations or places is entirely coincidental.
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Dedicated to two of the people who helped me the most with this book. Victoria DeBono and SK Fordham.
Without you two ladies, I couldn’t have made this book what it is. So thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
First and foremost, I want to thank my mother, my editor and my friend Kaylene Osborn. Thank you for all your help and support, it means so much to me.
A special thank you to Victoria DeBono and Sarah Fordham for guiding me with this book. The input, advice, help and ideas you gave me made this book into something I am proud of.
To all of my amazing BETA readers in K E Osborn’s Beautiful Beta’s and to those who helped outside of the Beta group, thank you. Your help, guidance and fresh ideas helped make not only this book, but this series into something special. So thank you, to all of you.
To my family, I love you all. Thank you for your endless support and belief in me and my books. It’s so nice to know you are all on the sidelines cheering me on through this journey, even if you all are a bit embarrassed reading my sex scenes.
To Sophia and Tasmin – my PA Goddesses. Without your help each and every day I would struggle to get by. So thank you!
To Francessca, thank you so much for all your help with promotion and your continued friendship, guidance, love and support.
Last of all, I want to thank YOU, the reader. Thank you for trusting in me to bring you a good story. Whether you are reading
‘The Shattered Heart Series’
as the first of my books, or whether you have been riding this wave with me from the beginning, I thank you. Thank you for believing in me, thank you for supporting me and thank you for reading, because without the readers this journey wouldn’t be possible.
Thank you,
Much love,
K E Osborn
xoxo
This book has been written using UK English and contains euphemisms and slang words that form part of the Australian spoken word, which is the basis of this book’s writing style.
Please remember that the words are not misspelled, they are slang terms and form part of the every day, Australian lifestyle. Some euphemisms or slang terms have been provided below for your information. This book has been written using UK English and spelling.
If you would like further explanation, or to discuss the translation or meaning of a particular word, please do not hesitate to contact the author – contact details have been provided, for your convenience, at the end of this book.
AFL
– Australian Football League.
Bird
– Woman, girl, chick.
Bloody
– Commonly used expletive to describe something, mild swear word.
Bludging
– To procrastinate and laze around all day and do nothing.
Bogan
- Person who takes little pride in their appearance, spends their days slacking – working class person.
Bullcrap
– (or bullshit), means utter nonsense.
Can’t be fucked
– Can’t be bothered.
Checkout chick
– Supermarket cashier.
Cuppa
– A hot beverage mainly tea or coffee.
Dob
- To report a wrongdoing to someone in authority.
Fit the bill
– To fit perfectly.
Fuck Oath
– Australian slag as if to say ‘I’ll say’ or ‘Damn straight.’
Hits me for a six
–
To affect in a devastating way by some unexpected news.
Larrikin
–
A boisterous, often badly behaved young man.
Loony bin
– A mental hospital or asylum.
Mate
– Buddy or friend.
Mobile phone
– Cell phone.
Monobrow
– Unibrow.
Pash
– Kiss.
Quilt
– Doona.
Rat out
- A narc or a snitch, to report misdeeds to an authority figure.
Righto
– Okay or that’s right.
Roofie
- A tablet of the sedative flunitrazepam, often called the date rape drug.
Shit-eating grin
– A grin that is very wide and to an outsider is a stupid looking grin. Usually shows smugness and/or self-satisfaction.
Shit-kicker
– Someone charged with menial tasks in a place of employment.
Sloshed
– Drunk or pissed.
Smart-arse
– (also smart-ass) – Someone who mouths off to provoke a reaction or be funny to people.
STI
– Sexually transmitted infection.
Taxi
– Cab.
That’s just not cricket
- Something that’s not right, or not fair.
Thrown me for a six
– to frazzle, be shocked or surprised at something.
Tickets on himself –
Be conceited, have a high opinion of yourself.
Tough as old boot leather
– (also tough as old shoe leather), meaning someone who is tough, very strong and not easily injured.
Up shit creek without a paddle
– To be in an undesirable situation.
Viennetta
– A block ice cream made by Streets in Australia.
Walk-in robe
– A walk in closet or wardrobe.
Weirdo
– A person who is considered strange to other people.