Twice Upon a Time
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Last published Mon, Jul 23, 2012
McKinnley Jacobs has been through the ringer and back in life, the love of her life is gone and she is to raise their daughter Ashlyn alone. She had tried hard over the years to keep her husband's memory alive. However, stress from work and city life has taken it's toll and mental breakdown has McKinnley rethink her purpose in life.
When a call comes from her grandmother pleading for her to pick up and move down to Tennesse to help on the family ranch. It's almost as if a weight had been lifted off her shouders.
Chase Evans is as rough and tumble as they come, he has been working on the O'Connel's farm for six years. He's had his share of women after Megan broke his heart, but nothing that has sparked his interest in settling down anytime in the near future. That is until a strawberry blonde walks into the barn one day. He has heard about the infamous McKinnley but has never met her. He is bound and determined to not get attached, but fate has another idea.
Are either one ready to give their heart to another for the taking?
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