Starting Over
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Have you ever wanted the chance to just, start over? To forget everything about your old life and create a new one?
That's what Ryan Shay has gotten the chance to do. She grew up on a military base in Jacksonville, NC and when she was ten, her dad resigned and they moved to a middle-of-nowhere town in Arkansas. Now, seven years later, she finally creates a plan to go back to her hometown. Turns out, her old house holds secrets that she becomes eager to figure out.
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