Masquerade - The Complete First Novel
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MatureComplete Tue, Apr 24, 20181h 44m
Dakota Lockwood is fresh out of college to pursue her dream of being a journalist and decides to buy a house out in the quiet neighborhood of Brier Hill, in Seattle, Washington. The house seemed like a normal one-story until she finds out the daughter of the family that lived there last, has been missing for three months. All of their families belongings are still up in the attic. And some of it may reveal where the twelve-year-old, Clementine Foster, may be.
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