Eternal Orchids
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Last published Thu, Mar 17, 2022
When a beautiful but mysterious stranger offers nineteen-year-old Evelyn a fresh start, away from her tough life on the streets, desperation sees any initial doubts overruled by curiosity of the heart. But after arriving at Edenhall Park - an ancient, grand house where the young and beautiful appear to live wild and free - Evelyn soon begins to realise things are not quite as they seem.
As Evelyn's heart starts to fill with love and desire, it soon learns to ignore her head and simply allow the beauty of Edenhall Park and its residents to consume her. One resident in particular, a beautiful but brooding boy named Arden, even more so than others.
Can love really allow people to stay young and beautiful forever? Or are darker forces at work beneath the exotic blooms that grow with wild abandon throughout Edenhall Park's corridors? Within the confines of its secretive and seductive walls, it would appear nothing is impossible...
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