A Straw Man
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Last published Fri, Aug 14, 2015
What if you could go back in time to save the person you love the most?
Nate's funny. He's a football player. He's ridiculously handsome. In fact, it seems as if Melody's dating the perfect guy, until an unexpected tragedy changes everything about him.
Based on her own family's experiences, Melody knows traveling in time to help him could have disastrous results - the tiniest alteration of the past can have huge repercussions on the future. But with careful planning, she's confident her trip will be a success.
What she doesn't anticipate is that sometimes there are consequences which can never be foreseen and changes that can never be undone.
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