Edge of a Dream
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A Southern Outbreak Novel That Will Touch You Right Where Home Lives.
Blair was born with "the knowing". Gifted with the highly sensitive personality, she strives for her ultimate comfort zone.
Suddenly, she is thrown into hysteria while the world falls apart around her. Something is spreading so fast that no one can keep up. Blair and her husband Tuck must keep their unborn child safe while racing across the South to find their family.
Just when she thought she had achieved perfection in the normalcy of her life. The world takes a quick turn and she is forced into a situation that is anything but comfortable.
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