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In Parched Gardens: Book 1
Sycamore_Shade
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  • Parts 21
  • Time 5h 58m
Sycamore_Shade
Complete, First published Jul 18, 2022
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When Fin moves back to his quaint Northeastern hometown of Allbrook,  he is met with both the nostalgia and coziness of the small town and several challenging circumstances. At times, Fin struggles with more mundane realities such as getting the courage to speak to the woman he keeps seeing at the grocery store as well as trying to unpack the many boxes in his new home that he can't quite bring himself to unpack. More sinisterly, he is also confronted with unsettling intrusions. Namely, the feelings, whispers, and twisted darkness of the the thing that haunts him and perhaps the town.  Why does Fin seem to be targeted by this darkness? Is his past connected at all to his present struggles? Will this affect his attempts to win the attention of a woman whose reality in his life he both desires and fears?
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