The Watchmaker's Gift
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Book I of The Watchmaker Chronicles.
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They say some things are meant to happen; others were just not to be.
But what if they're WRONG? What if you could reset your life and CHANGE your fate?
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Anaya Jones receives the surprise gift of her lifetime: to go back in time and overcome her biggest regrets. She travels back to high school, of all places, armed with knowledge of her past and future. Can she make new decisions about her health, career, and passion that will give her the fulfilling life she had always dreamed of?
Or will she make one wrong choice and change everything for the worse?
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