The Caged Bird Named Freedom
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Last published Sat, Jun 24, 2017
Addelyn "Freedom" Willis is trapped. Trapped in a a body that won't cooperate after a deadly car accident that nearly kills her and leaves her with temporary paralysis. Addelyn struggles to figure out who she is now and what she will become after the death of her best and only friend. While in this state she meets the handsome yet mysterious and infuriating Dr. Xavier who seems interested into her more than her injuries. Read along as Addelyn learns to find her her way out of the body that keeps her brain caged... in The Caged Bird Named Freedom.
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