Behind the Facade
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Last published Tue, Mar 29, 2011
When Ellie is quarantined away from her dying mother along with her prematurely grieving father the grounds of the small cottage in which she is staying provide her with a welcome escape. But the secret she is about to uncover has been hidden for fifty years without and it is determined that come what may, it will remain behind the facade.
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Dan joins his mother for one last summer vacation in a rented cottage before he goes off into the real world, but he is soon to find out that he and his mother aren't the only guests...
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