Taking Chances (On-hold/Editing)
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"The name's Carmichael, Sam Carmichael,"
"I'm Jane. Adler, and it's very nice to meet you,"
All the best love stories are about defying the odds and taking a chance, but it's something that Jane Adler has never done before. However, after a serendipitous encounter with a handsome stranger on the eve of her youngest child's graduation, will she be tempted to throw caution to the wind and take a risk upon him, despite the odds being stacked against them?
DISCLAIMER: I sadly do not own the majority of the characters I intend to write about in this story. I have merely borrowed them to facilitate the story I wish to tell and also to feed my habit of playing with things that don't belong to me!!
Also, the events of Mamma Mia and HWGA have not happened, and neither have the majority of It's Complicated.
CHAPTER ONE IMPROVED AND UPDATED ON 6th SEPTEMBER 2018.
CHAPTER TWO IMPROVED AND UPDATED ON 3rd FEBRUARY 2019.
CHAPTER THREE IMPROVED AND UPDATED ON 28th FEBRUARY 2019.
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