Eye of the Storm
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Katie Wells seems to have it all. Her life is what she always pictured; married to her high school sweetheart, a beautiful daughter, and working on finishing her 5th year in her dream job. But all good things must come to an end. An unexpected storm comes in and not only destroys her school, but her life. As she struggles to pick up the few pieces that remain, ghosts from her past come back to haunt her, but they have nothing on the monsters that threaten her present and future. Will she ever make it through the storm, or will it just keep coming until she has nothing left to give?
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