To Capture a Rose
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Ella just wants to get over with college, she barely has friends and prefers to be in a library than a party at a frat party like other students her age. When Nate, swim captain decides his her new "challenge" and wants her to be her tutor, Junior year is going to be a hell of a ride after all.
Nate, swim captain and son of one of the most successful businessmen, everyone believes their family is cursed and he has all the pressure to break that curse. But that is that really what he wants? Ella, the nerdy girl from class, makes question what he has been working so hard for.
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