Grit To Grace
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MatureOngoing3h 50m
Last published Fri, Oct 11, 2024
Formerly To Love a Cowboy - Special thanks to co-writer @starryeyedintrovert
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His purpose was to protect and serve the community that built him... Until everything he ever knew and loved vanished into thin air.
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Will McClain is a young Deputy Sheriff working to solve a string of murders in his hometown. The year is 1899. When he finds he's out of leads, he starts to crumble under the weight of the stress, and begs for everything to just disappear.
He wakes up on a stranger's couch, in the year 2022. In a foreign world, he has no choice but to put his trust in his new companion to guide him through a new world--and to guide him through the grief of losing everything.
But the more time he spends in the modern time, the more mysteries unravel themselves. Through death and loss come love and family... And a journey of hope and reflection to redefine life's purpose.
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