CAN YOU LOVE ME?
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Last published Sun, Dec 5, 2021
Elle Rylan Jackson is your average Irish beauty, who turns heads as she walks by. Being the only girl out of nine boys, you learn quick how to hold you own. As soon as she had gotten out of high school, Elle had enlisted into the Navy, where she had became the first woman to ever become a female sniper, when an incident occurs, that causes Elle to return home to the family she had once known, and had almost forgotten. As Elle, decides to help out on her grandfather's farm, she meets Luke Bryant the new ranch hand, who she falls helplessly in love with. When the demons that had started to haunt Elle, and her military career come knocking on Elle's door. She is faced with many challenges. Will Elle over come those demons for the sake of love? How will Elle's military career, and her demons affect the relationship she wants to have with Luke Bryant?
Will Luke, and Elle be able to over come the wars within each other, for the sake of a healthy relationship? What will happen when life throws in jealous exes, and drama into this world of chaos? Read on to find out.
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