Once Upon Another Time
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After getting her heart broke more than once, Adeline finally retreated back into her shell. While hiding from the outside world she finds herself suddenly in a knot that cannot be untied unless she risk it all and leaves her comfort zone.
In a modern twist of Beauty and The Beast, one without magic, without loss, but with fear, with love.
Will Adeline take that risk on love?
Or will she retreat? and be once again, a coward.
Who knows what the handsome beast has in store, for the broken hearted and frail beauty.
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