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Georgia Ferrars wakes in a modest asylum in England, suffering from amnesia that covers the last several weeks of her life. As she struggles to piece together her past, her family insists that she is not who she claims to be. The story follows Georgia’s desperate attempt to regain her memories and confront the mysterious forces that have caused her to doubt her identity.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Suspense/General Suspense
Authors: John Harwood
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