Outrunning the Past
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Can you leave your past behind?
Can changing your name, your hair, your history help you leave it all behind?
Can you make a new life when your past haunts you?
Carson Andrews wants a life back. He wants to settle down with his new fiance, Jenna. He thinks he has it all, until the nightmares return. Now they are infecting both his sleeping and waking hours. Can he out run his past or the people who are still hunting him down? Will the shabby Brooklyn apartment provide the safety he is seeking?
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