Just behind the corner
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Last published Sun, May 3, 2020
When young, brilliant, insecure, fresh-out-of-college Clara leaves her beloved hometown for a prestigious internship in Chicago, she knows that ahead of her lay long hours at work, some big-city loneliness and the necessity to build her "new" life from scratch... What she doesn't expect is to cross paths with the most stunning man she has ever seen. She is reluctant, but he seems dead set on getting her to shove off her insecurities... And some clothes too.
Has she met the love of her life, or is heartbreak just behind the corner?
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