Freedom and Fresh Starts
Romance · fiction

Lena Chose the Hand Beside Her

At twenty-two years old, six months pregnant and standing beneath a merciless frontier sun with rough rope cutting into both wrists, Lena Hartwell learned exactly how much her father believed her life was worth. Twenty dollars. Nathaniel Hartwell stood behind the makeshift auction platform with both hands folded over the head of his walking...

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Genre
Romance
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
6
Fiction status
fiction
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My Life Story Editorial

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Freedom and Fresh Starts

Chapters

  1. 01Chapter 1
  2. 02Chapter 2
  3. 03Chapter 3
  4. 04Chapter 4
  5. 05Chapter 5
  6. 06Chapter 6

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