A Compatible Tune
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Last published Tue, Jun 9, 2015
Copyright © 2016 by Gemma Knight (xAWAKENERx)
Broken and embittered by a past tragedy in her life, Louise Durrell struggles to see anything in her future. She struggles to hold the will to live; she struggles to hold anything. She is fading, an ember curling in agony against a glacial gust of wind... But then she meets a boy, Luke. A boy who studies music and accidentally discovers her passion for song writing. Inspired by her, he cannot stay away for long because his heart is compelled to draw her into the world of music. But is music enough to keep Louise's heart beating? She needs a compatible tune to become her lifeline. But the only one she finds will either destroy the lifeline...or save it.
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