Fool Me Once
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Last published Sun, Jan 20, 2019
Three years after the tragic passing of her mother, Elody's father relocates the two of them from a small town in Virginia to the seaside city of San Serrano, California, finally ready for a clean slate. But being the girl on financial support in a school full of rich kids is no cake walk, and when Declan Nakamura, St. Edmund Prepatory's golden boy, discovers her secret, and in turn, she discovers his, he approaches her with an outrageous proposition that could be beneficial to the both of them.
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