Once She Dreamed: Parts 1 & 2

From Book 1: Everyone born and raised in Sammy Jo Knox's small country town had never left. They made their life there. Got married, had kids, lived in the same houses that were always there along the streets that never changed. The whole white-picket fence and tree swing might look good on greeting cards, but in real life it was boring, at least to Sammy Jo.

When Sammy Jo was a little girl she began dreaming of something bigger. Brighter. Something that wasn't her town. She wanted to …