Late Bloomers
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Sunset Grove was supposed to be a peaceful retreat-until Eula Valdes and Albert Martinez found themselves stuck in it together. Once campus sweethearts turned bitter rivals, their unresolved past is about to resurface in the most hilariously inconvenient ways. With meddling retirees, absurd community events, and a chemistry that refuses to die, will they finally get their second chance at love? Or will they prove that some things are better left in the past?
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