That Night in August ✔️
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I don't register what comes first--Mum's screams and curses, or the searing pain that perforates inside of me. My family is not just falling apart in my nightmares, but in reality as well.
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Carmen Ellis has it all. Being a skilled dancer and the daughter of a hotshot CEO, she has wealth, popularity and a life most girls her age could only dream of. However, when a member of her prestigious family is accused of the worst of crimes and disappears, her perfect world comes crashing down.
Zachary Ward is no stranger to the hardships life can bring. He plans on getting through his final year of college unscathed and skipping town entirely with his younger sister after graduation.
But when scandal erupts with the Ellis family and the police get involved, it throws a spanner in the works.
Carmen and Zachary, two very different people from contrasting backgrounds, are thrown together, desperate to find out what really happened that night in August.
[Please see the introduction chapter and read the trigger warning before delving into this book, as there are some mature and delicate themes that some may find triggering.]
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