Still Holding On
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Last published Fri, Dec 29, 2023
"What happens when the girl who hates second chances gets one?"
After she gets fired from her dead end job and evicted from her run down apartment, brash and witty Elli Castillo finds herself deeper than rock bottom. With no one else to turn to, Elli finds herself back in her old town living with her estranged older sister. She runs into old flame Sheridan Harris and is faced with the very real possibility that she may not be able to run away from all of her problems. As she reconnects with her past, will Elli let it all go again? Or will she find that she's still holding on?
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