The Makeover
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When nerdy Elzara Emerson gets a makeover from the Haze Valenté, the most popular boy in school, her life takes a thrilling, drastic turn.
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Being the other face of the crowd throughout her life, shy Zara had taken her ugly fate as it was, and decided to keep her head down till the end of her senior year.
Her plans get brutally messed up when on a normal, busy Monday morning, Haze Valenté, the rich, widely known captain of the school's football team, bumps into her and gets her glasses broken.
She needed a breakthrough - And he knew it.
After getting a makeover that changes her boring life into something right out a fairytale, she realizes that she doesn't want to be unseen anymore. She decides to explore her hot, sassy side to make up for all the lost ground.
And love?
Friendship and enjoying each others' company more than necessary are all Zara and Haze think they have in common, but when falling down love's rabbit hole joins the party, neither of them are ever really ready to let go.
Read ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀᴋᴇᴏᴠᴇʀ to get all the thrills!
𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝑹𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒅.
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