Before Her Eyes
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MatureComplete Tue, Oct 10, 20234h 7m
What if everything you didn't know you were looking for was right under you.....
May has spent most of her life behind the same four walls doing as she's been told, but that quickly changes as soon as everything around her slowly unravels. The more May unravels, the more pieces she gets to her puzzle that she has unknowingly been putting together.
(This is a mystery romance)
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