The Hardest Thing to Keep from You
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What would life be like if all your secrets were printed on your body for the world to see? Cash Lorne's body is scarred and tattooed with the things he'd much rather keep from people. Its a curse, laid upon his family generations ago by the witch, Evangeline. This curse will eventually take his life, just as it has his father's before him. That is, unless he can break the curse.
Harper McKinney has faced her share of life's trials, but still sees her life in New Anchor as something out of a fairytale. When she starts a second job at the West Street Bakery, she becomes tangled up in Cash's life. When she decides to try and help him break the curse, she becomes subject to Evangeline's malice.
Can Harper help Cash before it's too late?
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