Saving Grace
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Last published Fri, May 22, 2015
"The story you are about to read isn't a romance story, filled with hearts and love and perfection. This is a story of a girl, a girl who has a traumatic past, and may never be able to move on from it. That girl is me."
Meet Elody Jiles. Outwardly, she seems like a normal girl, with a normal life. However, that is not the case. Upon meeting her, you may assume she is just extremely introverted, and doesn't like being around people. But in reality, she is simply afraid of human touch. This is a result of her broken past. No one really understands what happened, or why she is the way she is. For now.
Her family got sick of her hiding in her room, seemingly scared of living her life. So without her consent, she is sent off to a horse ranch in the middle of nowhere, where she is to work for the summer. She has no choice but to oblige, so as to avoid being thrown out. What will happen when she discovers she is to live and work closely alongside another person? And what will happen when she discovers that other person is a guy?
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