Thankful
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Up and coming romance writer, Raven Baines, needs a break. From life, from love. From everything. But where can a city girl find a respite from her own romantic mishaps during a pandemic? In quiet, idyllic Maine, over the holidays, Raven gets more than she bargained for when she encounters ex-hockey player, and small town grump, Ashe Murphy. Can their unlikely romance give them both something to be thankful for?
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