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2022 WATTYS SHORTLISTED || After being forced into a marriage by her devoutly religious parents, Aspen's husband is diagnosed with a life-limiting illness, and she must find her purpose as well as fight feelings for her husband's nurse. || Aspen Watkins grew up in a devout Christian family, despite not believing herself. When she falls pregnant at eighteen by her boyfriend, Joel, they are forced to wed by her family so they can atone for their sin. Two years later, Joel is taken ill. Aspen soon learns that he's been lying to her since they met - he actually has a life-limiting condition. She quickly learns that it's not just Joel that the disease affects and the sins they thought they'd atoned for come back to haunt them both. Aspen finds an empathetic ear in the form of her husband's nurse, Nicholas Knight, who also had a surprising link to her life. He has her questioning everything she ever knew and helps her separate her past from her present. When tragedy strikes, Aspen learns that in order to move on, she needs to shake off the shackles of her past and find a new meaning of life after loss along with a new family who accept her for who she is. © Copyright Alexandra Orchard 2021 || EXCLUSIVE TO WATTPAD *** FEATURED by @romance @PsychologicalNovel @NA @wattpadlitfic @storiesundiscovered @booksgottalent @freethelgbt and @newadultreads Wattys 2022 Shortlisted Winner in the NA category in the Amby Awards 2022
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