From Riches to Rags
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Madison Devlin thought she had it all; from riches to popularity to happiness. But when her father loses his business and just enough money to take away the word "rich", she loses it, and I mean literally.
Having to move from her city life in New York to hometown Alabama, she meets the old faces she'd thought she'd never see again. From old friends to an old lover, she embarks the journey of all that she lost for something so temporary. But when truths unfold and light shines in the darkness that has been avoided, Madison will get the answers to her past, even if it means having to lose herself along the way.
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