Decide to Live (Finding the Strength #3)
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Lopende, voor het eerst gepubliceerd jan. 10, 2021
New Adult Interracial Romance.

When it hurts too much to live, how does one find the strength to stay alive and find hope again?

Reiko Nakano has a charmed life. Not only does the twenty-three-old come from a life of luxury because of her celebrity parents and supermodel sister, she's best friends with the biggest brother and sister pop duo in the world- Gio and Gem Grove. But what the public assumes is wrong different because of what Reiko suffers in private. She feels she's an outcast in her own family because of her ptosis and her social anxiety. She then makes the biggest mistake of her life and tries to turn her lifelong crush on Gio into something more. His cruel rejection after she lets him take her virginity leaves her heartbroken.

Reiko hides in the least likely of places- the small town of Albee, Pennsylvania. There she enjoys her anonymity and enrolls in summer classes at Maison University. She hopes she can fit in as a student, but life continues to play tricks on her when she's hit in the face by a football from one of the most popular boys on campus, Will Forest. But this accidental but memorial meeting will help heal her fragile emotions because Will shows her how special she is to those she meets, including him.

She isn't sure what to make of Will. He's too nice and sweet, and treats her like gold. She accepts his attempts at romance even though it's only temporary. But as the summer flies by, she doesn't want to give Will up, who doesn't know the truth about her "vacation". And when Gio arrives in town, and threatens to out Reiko, she has some hard choices to make. Does she come clean to Will so she can decide to finally live on her own terms and embrace the amazing woman Will thinks her to be?
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Isrealla morenike Jones..... An introverted, intelligent and lovable girl who wants nothing more than to be accepted, appreciated and loved. Both by her family and her friends. But nothing seems to be enough. Her mother expects more from her..... Her father buries himself in work....... And as per usual they still come back to order her around. Life has always been difficult for her but worsens after a huge fight with her mother which results in drastic actions and damaging consequences.... Will she be able to fix all the broken fragments of herself and become a better person? Or will she drown in the sorrow of her pain? But then all her plans of starting afresh changes the moment she sets her eyes on him....... Munir Abdulrahman......a brooding and devastatingly handsome boy with a heart of gold and let's not forget his dark sense of humor meets Isrealla and all he wants is her attention but at the same time he wants to stay away from her. He wants her but knows he can't have her because if she finds out about his dark past he knows she will be running for the hills. But Isrealla is as stubborn as a mule and is hell bent on uncovering the mystery which was Munir Abdulrahman. And she knew damn well she would succeed. He was an enigma and she was curious and she wouldn't stop untill she found out what he was hiding behind his brooding facade. Happy reading 😘 Warning: unedited