Hocking Hills {EXCERPT}
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For eighteen-year-old Emily Barnes, feeling as if she did not belong was something she had grown accustomed to. That's why it was easy for her to make the decision to go to Hocking Hills with barely enough money in her pocket after receiving the original copy of her birth certificate.
While on her quest to find answers, she meets deputy Dylan McKenna whose gorgeous-but watchful-dark blue eyes makes her regret an act of theft she foolishly commits. Emily can't seem to fight the attraction even though he is completely wrong for her...or rather, she is completely wrong for him.
But when Emily soon discovers that she has inherited an unusual ability, her search for answers becomes abundantly clear. There is someone in Hocking County who wants something Emily has. Something so rare they're willing to kill for it....
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