A Deceiving Disaster
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Last published Tue, Jun 23, 2020
Laura Smith's life is turned upside down when she is forced to marry Andrew Williams to help her family. And although Andrew and Laura hate each other, they must pretend that they are, indeed, happily married. If they fail to do so, it could mean trouble for both of their families.
Will they be able to keep up their act? Or will they fail and take their families down with them?
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