Baggage
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Ariel Walker has had almost everything she could possibly want in life, courtesy of her millionaire brother who has been acting as her guardian since she was eleven years old. Now she's sixteen, and she's moved to a small town in Oregon, hoping to dissuade attention. At the local high school, Ariel runs into Hudson Perry, a seemingly perfect boy who has more going on under the surface than it seems. Then Ariel is kidnapped by a jealous boy who just happens to be two things: 1) a psychopath and 2) in love with Ariel. He's determined to make her fall in love with him. Can Hudson overcome his baggage and rescue Ariel before it's too late?
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