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Last published Tue, Aug 7, 2018
Young and fiery dancer Mia has just found herself moving to Minneapolis where she meets Christopher, a local hotshot musician who immediately captures her attention. The connection is immediate, but she is hesitant to get involved with the musician type, especially someone like him. When Mia begins working with another group, and more importantly another man, Christopher finds himself enraged with jealousy, and struggling to manage a successful relationship while still balancing their careers and his personal emotions towards the other young man who had taken Mia in as his own dancer and protege. When Mia's professional situation takes a dark and personal turn, there's only one person to get her out of it. But will his jealousy stop him from doing so?
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