Safe Haven
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Last published Tue, Jun 20, 2023
This past year for Eden Grimes has been hell on earth fter being in a car accident that caused her to have her left leg amputated. Becoming too overwhelmed with her life, her parents made the decisions to move states to give Eden a clean slate where no one knows who she is.
Atlas Whitlock is known as the "it" man at Bridgeman High School. He's popular, good looking and the star quarterback on the football team. But behind closed doors, he has a front row seat to his parents marriage coming to an end. Not knowing how to process his emotions, his grades begin to slip.
What happens when Eden is paired to help him get his grades on track?
Follow Eden and Atlas as they embark on this new journey of finding themselves, love, healing and true happiness.
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