Sleeplessness // Marianas Trench
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Last published Mon, Aug 11, 2014
Blinded by love, 16 going on 17 year old Lainey becomes oblivious to the fact that her life is spiralling out of control after diving head-first into "bad boy" Josh's problematic world. Upon developing feelings for Josh, she begins to find out things about him no one else knows; some of his deepest, darkest secrets. The more she learns, the more she wants to fix this troubled boy but the more time she spends around Josh, the more his bad habits begin to rub off on her. Can Lainey really turn this boy's world around when she's unknowingly heading down the same path?
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