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For as long as Rae can remember, her dreams have been her only escape from the loneliness of reality. By day, she runs Rae's Coffee Café, a successful shop in her small Georgia town. By night, she finds herself in the arms of Romeo-a man too perfect to be real. A man who only exists in her dreams.
But when a stranger walks into her café-tall, breathtakingly familiar, with eyes that make the world stop-Rae's reality begins to crack. The dreams that once felt like an escape start bleeding into her waking life, bringing with them an unsettling pain in the back of her head and a growing sense that something isn't right.
Who is this man? And why does she feel like she's known him forever?
As Rae searches for answers, she finds herself trapped between two worlds-one she's always known and one that feels like it's been waiting for her all along.
But dreams can be deceiving.
And some nightmares don't stay asleep.
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