Steady Me
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Kinsley Caldwell-Rivera has the gift of being invisible to those around her. That is until she gets noticed. Dean Davenport was the man on campus and every girl wanted his attention, every girl except her. Bruised, battered, and lost, Kinsley wanders through her life haunted, trying to find who she is now for she will never be who she once was.
Shawn Hernandez has it all, at least, he appears to. Set on top, his life at home is hitting rock bottom as tensions rise with who his father wants him to be, who he sees himself as, and who he is becoming. Battling feelings he's held for a certain girl and the things his best friend has done.
One party. One night. Two hearts struggling to recover to find even ground. Can they find their footing in one another? Hands are stretched out in a silent plea: Steady Me.
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