Before You Go | A Prequel
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Last published Tue, Dec 24, 2024
Nineteen-year old Nico Floyd has the world on his shoulders. After his freshman year of college is brought to a devastating halt by the death of his father, Nico is left picking up the pieces of what remains in his childhood home of Heavensport Island, Maryland. Five rambunctious younger siblings. A resentful mother enraptured with her own grief. And finally, a familiar face which finds him in even the darkest of places.
A prequel to Heaven and Back
(Can be read as a stand-alone novel)
TW : child abuse, manipulation, domestic violence, swearing/harsh language, narcissistic abuse, mature themes, gaslighting
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