The Fated Escape

The Fated Escape

Author: Maren Ellison Listening Length: 8h 16m
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Beckett McCarthy no longer feels the everyday magic his beloved Gran taught him to notice, and a summer in Serendipity Springs promises little beyond a change of scenery. Keeley Roberts upends that expectation when she falls into his life during a chaotic first meeting in a stuck elevator. Enchanted by his beautiful, f...

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Keeley

There’s a little less spring in my step when I trudge home around lunchtime, my pale skin beginning to redden as the sun climbs higher in the bright blue sky.

I’m so lost in thought about my phone conversation with Freya that when I fling open the front door of my apartment building, I don’t notice Archibald the Bernese Mountain dog hurtling towards me at full speed until it’s too late.

His owner, Sara, is about ten steps behind, yelling his name as he flings himself up and almost knocks me over. Somehow, I miraculously stay upright as Archie happily licks ketchup from my shirt before moving on to maul my face with ketchup-y kisses.