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    From Cracked Shadow
    From Cracked Shadow
    From Cracked Shadow
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    From Cracked Shadow

    By Lisa Gaines

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    A lost soul struggling to find the light . . .
    A mother’s retribution . . .
    A woman’s misguided faith . . .
    A much-needed lesson . . .
    A nagging gone wrong . . .
    Five tales that peer into lives about to split wide open. Includes Empty Shells and Broken Stones, And Then She Was Dead, Eggstreme Measures, In the Arms of the Sea, Swallowing the Serpent’s Tail

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEye of the Eagle
    Release dateNov 29, 2012
    ISBN9781301756117
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