The Then and the Now
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Last published Wed, Aug 17, 2016
Adalyn has it all figured out. In one year she will be done with her schooling in Marine biology. She will marry her perfectly handsome, soon to be a Doctor, boyfriend of 5 years Luke. They will buy a home together, have children and grow old with one another. Or so she believed...
When her perfectly planned out life comes crashing down Adalyn's best friends Riley and Thomas take it into their own hands to show her how to live her life to the fullest. The life she should have been living since she graduated High school almost 5 years ago. At 23 she'll learn all about the famous "One night stand". But what happens when her one night stand with the gorgeous, he can't be human, Taron, who's also dealing with some rough patches in the love department, turns into something more than she or he were expecting?
Adalyn will be forced between the then and the now. What will happen? Gotta read to find out.
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