Thirteen Years and a Heartbeat

She’s eighteen. He’s the man everyone warns her about.

Eli Mercer doesn’t let people get close anymore. Not after the war. Not after everything he’s lost. He keeps his world small, his garage, his dog, and the quiet edges of Clayborn where no one asks questions.

Then Kennedy Briggs shows up with a broken-down truck… and nowhere else to go.

In highschool, she’s already drowning, working late nights, caring for her sick grandfather, and barely holding her life together while the town watches and judges her every move.

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