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If at first you don't succeed, then level the playing field and take a second chance.
Two years ago, Ellie Harrison collapsed under the weight of her past and the fallout that caught up with her. Like a shell of her former self, she retreated away from those she loved, including her boyfriend Logan. She's worked hard and returned to her former happy, confident self, except she can't forgive herself for pushing him away.
Logan Hightower watched as his girlfriend Ellie slipped into depression then out of his life like the one who got away. His broken heart still drives him to a determined resolve to prove that he's not going anywhere but straight back into Ellie's life to win her back.
Out of forty-six thousand students on campus, love gives these surprise roommates a second chance. Can time heal all wounds or has distance drifted them too far apart?
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