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Becoming California
EvyHearst
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EvyHearst
Ongoing, First published Aug 24, 2021
Mature
anxietychicklitdomesticviolencefakeidentityhidinginnerstrengthlovestoryontherunovercomingptsdranchromancesecretidentitysecretsshelterslowburnsurvivorsuspensethrillertruecrimetrustissueswomensfiction
She came to Wyoming to disappear. But the land-and one man-refuse to let her vanish.

Charlotte Miller isn't real. She's a name stitched together from
broken pieces, a woman on the run from a past that still breathes fire.
When she arrives at her aunt's ranch, she's determined to stay hidden,
to survive in silence.

But the wide Wyoming skies have a way of drawing secrets
into the light. And the ranch hand with calloused hands and
quiet eyes begins to teach her more than fences and feed-he
teaches her how to be seen.

Just as Charlotte starts to believe in safety, the man she
escaped finds her trail. And this time, he's not just chasing
-he's hunting.

In a place where trust is earned and danger rides close,
Charlotte must decide: Will she risk being found... to finally be seen?


⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ 
This story is a slow burn romance thriller. It contains mature content with mentions of/alluding to sexual themes, abuse, PTSD, anxiety, and murder. Reader discretion is advised.


⭐️ #1 in Overcoming - 1/24/23
⭐️ #2 in FakeIdentity - 10/14/22
⭐️ #3 in OnTheRun - 1/24/23
⭐️ #3 in InnerStrength - 10/9/22
⭐️ #4 in Shelter - 10/4/22
⭐️ #28 in WomensFiction - 10/4/22
⭐️ #29 in Survivor - 10/7/22
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Into Their Trap

15 parts Ongoing Mature

The world is ending. Her country was turned to little more than dust years ago, and since then she has been fighting to survive in a world that has it out for her. Ever since the war, when billions of women were killed, the female population has become valuable, putting her even more at risk. She's managed to evade the clutches of men, until one fateful day where everything changes, and she's forced to abide by the rules of not just one man - but four.

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