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The Keepers
rskovach
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rskovach
Complete, First published Dec 19, 2014
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Some relatives are meant to stay distant.                                           
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Josephine Lyttleton-Bradley can't understand why she must leave her London home - in the middle of the night during a wicked storm, no less - to live with a relative she's never even met. 

When Josie realizes she's stuck indefinitely in Great Aunt Donatella's lavish, but spooky mansion in the English countryside, she must uncover why her parents kept details about this branch of the family a secret or risk missing her chance to ever leave.

[Approx. 30K word Novella] 

(c) 2014 All Rights Reserved - R.S. Kovach
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