When Hope is Gone

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Beauty is a curse and Hope McKenzie is beautiful. But she hates it. 
She has a brain if only people could look beyond what they see.
These days what they see though is a single mom, struggling to make ends meet, while reporting for a tiny newspaper in a  town where nothing ever happens.
Knoxsville might as well have had a sign welcoming visitors to Dead End USA.
Nothing ever happens in this weirdly perfect town.
Until October 31, 2018.
Hope would never forget the day when eight-year-old Darcy Denton disappeared.
It was a story that consumed her every waking hour and beyond.
But when curiosity leads to the truth, Hope disappears.All Rights Reserved

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