A Penny For Your Thoughts
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Michelle Hartford is not your average teenage girl. She has a story that you have never heard because it's not in the story books. When her dad's job transfers from California all the way to Maryland, in the middle of the September, she has a completely different scenario to deal with. And what happens when the casanova, Luke LaVale of Kennedy High starts showing interest in her? Will her love story be like the ones in story books? What about the most unlikely group of friends Tiffany, Melanie and Cassidy? Who are just three of the vengeful ex's of Luke waiting to get back at him. Is Michelle gonna be a new member to the group of 'Luke's victims'? Or will she be the first to break his heart? "A Penny for Your Thoughts" is unlike any love story you've read. It's not the typical high school or coffee shop romance. It's not the fairy tale your momma read to you when you were younger. This book tells about the reality when two teenagers fall in love. It gives you unending sparks, makes your heart skip a beat, promises you forever and gives you complete and utterly false hope of a happy ending.
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