In This Desperate Moment
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Last published Mon, Apr 4, 2022
An entry level position at a fast paced talent agency, is all twenty six year old, Aspen Marlow, has going for her at the moment. Recently left penniless and abandoned in the streets of New York by her former fiancée, Aspen never lived an easy life of luxury. But the added stress of a broken heart and being truly alone a thousand miles away from her mother, Aspens only close family, has been more than she can bear.
But things take a turn when a chance encounter with a cold, calculating man gives her an opportunity to change her luck. The only catch?
Just possible life in prison.
With a small side of maybe being assassinated.
A phone call that flips her world upside down, may just have Aspen considering the unthinkable.
But one thing is for sure.
Aspens heart is officially out of commission for eternity and a day.
Or so she thinks...
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