The Rebound Game
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When your college boyfriend gives you an ultimatum, the least you can do is to pack all your stuff and move in to your best friend's guestroom. If he doesn't lose sleep because you left him, you flirt with strangers online and hope to forget that loser. Or better, you let your sister hook you up with her bachelor friends and get your heart broken because you never learn. But what if the ache doesn't go away? What if being single is not your calling?
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Katie is having a hard time adjusting to the life after college. It comes with responsibilities and she realizes too late that her college degree might be a bet gone wrong. She quits one job after the other and develops a smoking addiction to distract her from facing the realities of adulthood. When Oliver asks her to consider making adjustments to her lifestyle, it leads to their break up. Katie is convinced she is capable of taking care of herself just fine without anyone's help,least of all Oliver. But what happens when she begins flirting with the mysterious Christian? Or Ezra, the bad boy? Is finding a rebound the best strategy to heal a broken heart?
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