When the flowers bloom
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Last published Sat, Mar 28, 2020
Sometimes life isn't always what we think it is. One moment Olivia Rainns is in school dreading the next class and the next she learns that the life she's been living isn't really hers. Suddenly she has to choose where it is she wants to belong and if she can handle the consequences of her choice. Distant memories remind her of a place her heart calls home, of a man that takes her breath away with the amount of love he holds in his eyes, and a promise that's lasted decades. A promise that won't easily be broken if her past has anything to do with it.
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