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The Elopement

Cate Martin

Publisher: Ratatoskr Press

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Summary

In the 1920s, at the height of Prohibition, Sarah Eckhart holds no illusions about how her father earns his money. She knows he runs a dangerous, illegal empire.
 
Her wedding at their palatial summer home on the shores of White Bear Lake is the event of the summer.
 
But the man her father hand-picked as her groom, his chief lieutenant, turns her stomach. She only has one last chance for escape, if she dares to take it.
 
“The Elopement”, a short story of crime and tough choices, set during the height of Prohibition in Minnesota.
Available since: 12/14/2022.
Print length: 26 pages.

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