The Shattered Mask
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When Luciana Collins and her parents moves to an old town after dilemma a with her family happens, Lucy has a hard time getting used to her new life. When she meets Aaron Goodwin her life turns upside down. He makes it his duty to disagree in class with her and get the worst out of Lucy, but she doesn't give up without a fight.
Being the smartest people in the institute, they end up working with each other to help solve the unusual case of Merle Fields who mysteriously 'disappeared' after a masquerade ball dance at the De Quincey's.
Working together may be hard, especially if you hate the person you're working with. Yet they need Luciana's clever intuition and Aarons intelligent deliberation.
Will they be able to find out what happened to Merle, or will her case be lost forever?
( a grunge romance murder mystery set in 1878)
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