When All Else Fails...
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Last published Sun, Mar 12, 2017
Lucy Lewis lives with her bestfriend, and childhood sweetheart Landon James and her niece Cindy Kane in the quiet town of Belltower, Italy. Having absolutely zero help from her family Lucy has always been tough and independent. Landon was her superman per se, he has always been by her side making sure she's okay. He even rejected the scholarship he had to an ivy league school to go with Lucy to a local university. But everything changes when Lucy meets a mysterious and gorgeous stranger at the coffee shop she works at. He captivated her attention as soon as he walked in the door. His name was Taren King and man was he hot with a capital H-O-T...
Now what will happen when Lucy introduces super gorgeous Taren to her sweetheart of a bestfriend Landon. Will they kick it off or will they be ticking time bombs waiting to go off... Stay tuned and find out as the story progresses. Who will manage to make Lucy's heart theirs? What will happen with Cindy? And most importantly what is Landon hiding from Lucy?..
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