Shades of Limelight
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Last published Mon, Dec 18, 2023
Layla Gaudreau, a family-oriented college student, might be the only writer for her school newspaper who is interested in telling an honest story. With her photographer friend Ryan, she is assigned a story about her future NFL offensive lineman of a boyfriend. But when said boyfriend moves a little too fast for her, Layla becomes the very thing she hates the most: a gossip tabloid's front-page story.
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