Collateral Damage
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"What am I to you...?"
"...Oh, honey. You're nothing more to me than collateral Damage."
When 23 year old Elizabeth Wagner finds a new job working for a local newspaper as a reporter, she realizes that many people are willing to go to great lengths to keep their information private, affairs in order, and their secrets locked down tight. Will she be able to keep her head-literally-while also making her boss happy? Will she be able to resist her fellow reporter, Jakob Hamond, while also racing him to the biggest story of her career? Or will she trip and scrape a lot more than just her knee?
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