After The Drought
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Last published Fri, Feb 9, 2018
Eloise Walker was named after a hurricane and born the day the drought ended.
She has also spent the last five years of her life escaping.
Escaping from the farm she grew up on, escaping from her past and most of all, escaping from the person she once was.
But what will happen when Eloise has no choice but to return home? And what will happen when she's reunited with Jack Hudson, her first love and the only man she can't run away from?
Eloise is an unstoppable force.
Jack is an immovable object.
Will they be forever changed or will the collision destroy them both?
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