Begin Again
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Last published Mon, Apr 13, 2015
Madisen Van der Bilt is flown into New York the summer after her graduation by her mother after having had enough of her antics as the aftermath of breaking up with her long-time boyfriend, Alex. After which she turns cynical and brings out the misanthrope in her, she stays with her father, hoping to find a part-time job before going back to school in the fall, but that's not all she's in for when she meets New Yorker, Austin. Will she open up her heart again? Or will she shut him out like she's done to the rest of the world?
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