The Ballads
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Last published Thu, Aug 1, 2019
After serving four and a half years in prison for a crime she was wrongfully convicted of, Lovana Black finally escaped prison during a mass breakout. After laying low until her record is cleared, Lovana flees to Florena, the "City of Indulgence" where she is reunited with her two closest friends who on a mission to to rid the city of corruption and to take back what is owed to them. With the lingering question of how she was sent to prison in the first place, Lovana agrees to join her friends' campaign. Determined and ambitious, the trio embarks on a dangerous journey through the criminal underworld in a gritty, lavish city to get their desired motives, one question is always that is on Lovana's mind: "Will this all be worth it?"
©️ Lisa Phoenix
2020
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