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    Next Step: An Aerling Series Short Story
    Next Step: An Aerling Series Short Story
    Next Step: An Aerling Series Short Story
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    Next Step: An Aerling Series Short Story

    By DelSheree Gladden

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    **This short story takes place after the conclusion of The Aerling Series and contains spoilers!**

    Conner Parker is as happy as anyone else that the war between the Aerlings and Sentinels is over, but how does he choose between his birth parents and the family who raised him? How does he choose between the home he knows and the world he’s supposed to belong to? And what about the neighbor he’s been secretly in love with? There’s a chance to stay and a possibility of love, but it requires a big leap of faith.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDelSheree Gladden
    Release dateJan 11, 2019
    ISBN9780463156674
    Next Step: An Aerling Series Short Story
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    DelSheree Gladden

    DelSheree Gladden was one of those shy, quiet kids who spent more time reading than talking. She didn't speak a single word for the first few months of preschool. Her fascination with reading led to many hours spent in the library and bookstores, and eventually to writing. She wrote her first novel when she was sixteen years old, but spent ten years rewriting before it was published.Native to New Mexico, DelSheree and her family spent several years in Colorado before returning to northern New Mexico. When not writing novels, you can find DelSheree reading, hiking, sewing, playing with her dogs, and working with other authors.DelSheree has several bestselling young adult series and has hit the USA Today Bestseller list twice as part of box sets. DelSheree also has contemporary romance, cozy mystery, and paranormal new adult series. Her writing is as varied as her reading interests.

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      Next Step - DelSheree Gladden

      Next Step

      An Aerling Series Short Story

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      Inquest

      Secret of Betrayal

      Darkening Chaos

      Someone Wicked This Way Comes Series

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      The Date Shark Series

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      Shark Out Of Water

      The Only Shark In The Sea

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      An Aerling Series Short Story

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      An Aerling Series Short Story

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