Drinking Numb (The Numbing Series #1)
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Last published Tue, Jul 5, 2016
RUBY SAPPHIRE EMERALD is just a girl in a tough spot who has lots of experience with "hurricane season". By hurricane, I mean her mom's an alcoholic wreck. Will she drown herself in waves of chaos, or will she find someone to pull her out whether she wants him to or not? KOHL LEE BENEFITS is just a "normal" guy with a "perfect" family. You know the type. They moved away from their suffer-filled, old life to their new fake one in Dunsmuir, CA. None of it is his choice, and he hates keeping his family's secrets. Will he find the resolve to spill everything to that one person?
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