Alice, Darling
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Last published Sat, May 28, 2016
John Tompkins is an attractive single man, at the age of 31. His hamartia? John is alone. He hasn't been the same man since his wife, Alice, passed away from a hit-and-run car crash 3 years ago.
However, John's new neighbor, Darla Dayes, is determined to resuscitate this lifeless shell of a man.
Can John let his peculiar neighbor bring him back to life? Or will his Alice forever be a constant painful tug upon his heart? And when things start to become brighter, will an unforeseen event cause John to go back to square one - suffering over his Alice darling once more?
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