MY HEART'S DESIRE
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After an abusive relationship, Aria's heart is torn as she deems herself unloveable, and as we've all heard: you can't expect someone to love you when you don't even love yourself. Aria was no exception... until Noah. His fight to show Aria what real love is, is one to leave your heart hammering in your chest.
Aria and Noah aren't the only love story to follow in this novel. Similar to Aria, Max, a boy who falls for boys, never let himself be fooled by the potential lie that he could ever be loved. But once Keith sets his heart on fire, he knows he won't come out of it without a broken heart. Little does he know, Keith may be the one to teach Max just how loved he can be.
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