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Last published Thu, May 13, 2021
Like many love stories Nathan and Virginia hail from completely two different worlds but find a way to merge into one, but make no mistake this is no love story. Virginia is a rich and famous interior designer but doesn't feel complete and so decides to go back home and relax , she moves into her dead grandpa's abandoned guest resort where she meets Nathan Steel the caretaker.
The property offers a sanctuary for love and adventure but as well habours dark secrets and probably the answers to the mysterious vanishing of Virginia's grandmother.
Do they get to the bottom of this mystery and find out about grandpa's dark past?
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