The Scars of Tomorrow
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Last published Thu, Feb 6, 2025
Gwendolyn has always been the perfect daughter; spoiled, obedient, and raised under her father's domineering rule over their isolated town. When ordered to spy upon the Reid family-outsiders deemed unworthy of survival-she finds herself torn between obeying her father and betraying her conscience or defying everything she has ever known.
Penelope has lived on the edge, her family shunned for not being of the town's founding bloodlines. When Gwen steps into her world, suspicion becomes something deeper and much more dangerous. Love had never been in the plan, nor had rebellion.
As feelings develop, so does the urgency to escape. And with Penelope's family in the crosshairs, both Gwen and Penelope will have to give everything, even their lives, for a chance at freedom.
But in a town where loyalty means everything, a betrayal carries a death sentence.
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