A Rare Find
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MatureOngoing6h 36m
Last published Mon, May 29, 2023
After a much-needed escape from Austin, Texas, the city she loves, and her ex-boyfriend, Scott McLead, whom she once loved, Eleanor Waylon finds herself slowly falling head over vintage heels for A-list musician-turned-actor Hunter Harlow.
On her flight to LA, where she will be spending the summer with her aunt Patricia, a former 1970s It-girl, while taking painting classes with the infamous artist Leonard Lilas, Elle has a brief and embarrassing encounter with Harlow.
Is it fate or an ulterior motive when Hunter walks into her very first painting class? And will he distract her from what she set out to accomplish in LA, or help her regain the sparkle she lost?
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