Red Carpets to Rodeos
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Arabella Lockhart's lavish city lifestyle is tipped upside down when as a last resort her parents force her to spend her senior year in a tiny country town living with her Aunt and Uncle on their ranch.
Forced to farewell her undeniable popularity, friends, beloved boyfriend and the reckless way of life she adored, Arabella discovers that trouble seems to always find a way of following her wherever she goes. This time in the form of Luca Collins, the devilishly handsome cowboy next door.
"Who hurt you?" he said in an almost whisper.
"Everybody and nobody," she replied her voice strained and weak.
"What does that mean?"
"It means that the people who were everything to me hurt me so completely that they became nothing to me,"
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