🌟 ONC 2021 LONGLIST QUALIFIER 🌟
This is my entry for The Open Novella Contest 2021.
I am using Prompt 72: You met the love of your life at a music festival, but after that weekend you never saw them again. Twenty years later, that changes. (I have made this where they meet in ten years as opposed to twenty.)
Adele Pickering loved music, so when her friend suggests they go to the biggest festival in their country, she doesn't hesitate.
Armed with her trusty wellie boots, her warmest coat, and a tent, Adele sets off to have a weekend filled with music, rain, and laughter.
She may have prepared for the weather, but she didn't prepare for Ted Hart, all six-foot, broad-shouldered and cheeky grins.
Adele and Ted share a weekend of romance, but forget to share numbers.
What happens when they are still thinking about each other ten years later, and a chance encounter reunites them?
Damien Stryker is a ruthless billionaire, but when Serena Mclane is forced to marry him, she hopes to find the mercy behind his cold eyes and strong hands.
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Damien Stryker, a domineering billionaire, is someone you don't want to get close to. Unfortunately for Serena Mclane, she doesn't have much of a choice. Always at the mercy of her family's name and legacy, Serena has to do as her father says. So when her father forces her into an arranged marriage with the one and only Damien Stryker: the truth comes out. Secrets are unveiled, and love starts to bloom.
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