Beyond The Barriers
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Last published Thu, Nov 21, 2019
Alex, a former soldier struggling to get his life back together after coming back home is tormented by anxiety and panick attacks, and he doesn't want to let anyone in. He doesn't want to talk about his failures in the war, and after an incident that almost lands him in prison, he is forced by the courts to go to therapy and confront his issues. Once he stepped into that therapy room his life took a course he didn't see coming and it's name was Victoria James.
Victoria James, the strong and successful psychologist, who listens to everyone else's problems in her office, but can't seem to find the answers to her own. She is hiding a secret. Everyone sees her as the strong woman who can take on anyone and anything. But the three months of work she took off were a little suspicious. Now she's back at work and her first patient is Alex. Coincidental incidences brings them closer together, but can she really start something with this broken man who is closed off to the world and does she even want to with her own traumatic past and reputation on the line?
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