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Last Place Called Home

As a small New England town becomes embattled in the drug war, single mother Laura Everett finds herself on the brink of love and her teenage son on the brink of disaster. To save him and his friends from potentially deadly consequences, she is forced out of her comfort zone and into action.

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A beautiful literary creation with a setting that feels like a character in its own right… Intimacy, love, addiction, and redemption are cleverly developed themes in this thrilling novel.

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