The Cinderella Contract (on hold)
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Last published Tue, Feb 2, 2016
Desiree is studying abroad far away from home, far away from all that she knows. She has big aspirations of working for foreign political affairs. Everything was going just the way she planned, until she meets a mystery man at a dance club. Through many events, these two keep being drawn together. Desiree is forced to choose between her very planned out life, or to cut lose and live a little. Maybe even fall in love. Will Desiree find true love, or will hidden pasts and secrets ruin her life for good?
It's just another Cinderella Story.... Or is it?
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