Alice is a stripper. She has just lost her brother, and now that he's gone, she's lost the will to live. That is, until a girl comforts her at her brother's gravestone, a girl who wears torn-up Abercrombie tee shirts and blue jeans, and owns a book shop in town. So begins their relationship. Soon, Alice finds herself feeling strange, and realizes-could she be falling in love with another girl? A girl who, maybe, perhaps, might be an angel?
But, of course she can't be one. Because she wears beat-up jeans and an Abercrombie tee shirt. And, she might just have some secrets, secrets that could change everything.
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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