Shadowlake - Volume One *Heartbeats*
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Last published Tue, Apr 24, 2018
Lauren Goodlake doesn't know that she's a mage. All she knows is that the small town of Toms River sucks, and because her mother died in a freak accident she has to live with her father. Lauren is determined to cut him out of her life until she discovers a horrifying secret about Toms River.
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