Love or lust
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Ryan feels everything-deeply.
She always has. But when life hit hard and early, she learned to bury it all just to survive.
After losing both her parents at five, Ryan grew up in the foster system with no choice but to toughen up and grow up fast. Now at 22, she's LA's youngest and most sought-after hairstylist-a quiet force in her industry with a heart she keeps guarded.
Romance? Yeah... not exactly her strong suit. Nervous. Awkward. Shy as hell.
That is, until a chance encounter with a rude, stubborn, way-too-fine actor throws her off balance. What should've been a one-time situation turns into something messy, magnetic, and impossible to walk away from.
Emotions she's spent years running from come rushing to the surface, and soon Ryan finds herself on a romantic rollercoaster-one she never signed up for, but might just need.
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