Stroked
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Amanda Vaughn is just trying to figure herself out in this world. Working as an employee in a book store in the middle of New York, she's very much single, but is in no way ready to mingle. She's always loved art but she never expected it to change her life so much.
After going to a Christmas event at an art exhibit she meets Oliver Hayes, a well-known painter in New York, her life starts changing upside down. Especially, when she gets a wedding invitation in the mail from her cousin and she has to bring a date to the wedding.
Now, her friends decide to set them up for the week.
Sounds peachy right?
Well, Amanda still doesn't know that Oliver's hiding a dark secret and it might just be about certain brush strokes and so much more. Find out now in 'Stroked'!
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