THE PERFECT PICTURE
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MatureComplete Fri, Apr 15, 20226h 11m
Colin Pennington grew up being compared and pitted against his brother until he decided that he would not do that anymore, he left home with no regrets and built a new life. He never wanted to be Lord of Pembroke and he never wanted his brothers' life but when his brother suffers an untimely and scandalous death he has to go back home and as the new Lord Of Pembroke he is soon bombarded by responsibilities that he never wanted, including finding a wife. But Colin will not be forced and he comes up with an outrageous plan that is so crazy it might just work.
Kyda knows all about not being wanted, and feeling like a mistake, she has lived her whole life wanting nothing more than to be accepted only to figure out that she never will be. So when Colin approaches her with his outrageous plan but offers her an opportunity to pave a new life for herself she accepts it.
What Colin and Kyda do not realize is that they have more in common than they realize and they begin to draw closer together as they deal with trauma both past and present and they both start to realize that together, they form the perfect picture
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