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The Breathing Series

Name: The Breathing Series
Rating: 4.59 (3286 reviews)
Author: Rebecca Donovan

by Rebecca Donovan · Breathing #1

2013 · 962 pages

4.6Goodreads

4.4Amazon

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📚 Book 1 of a completed 3-book series

Emma Thomas has perfected the art of disappearing—academically brilliant and athletically talented, yet somehow invisible to everyone around her. When an unexpected love finds her, it awakens something she's desperately tried to keep buried: the possibility that she deserves better than the shadows she's been hiding in. As her carefully constructed world begins to crack open, Emma must face the unbearable truth she's been protecting and decide whether revealing it is worth the cost of everything she's built. This emotionally gripping series will leave you breathless as you follow Emma's journey from survival to the fragile, hard-won hope of healing.

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