A Rose In The Winter
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Last published Sun, May 29, 2022
Elizabeth 'Liz' Hartley was the star in Oakwood High school. She was beautiful and intelligent. Liz was under the impression that she was spending the perfect life as the perfect girl. But one day her life turned upside down. The things she thought she had disappeared within days.
Liz quits from the hell of Oakwoods and enters Westview High in order to start her life afresh. How will the half dead Liz spend the rest of her school years ? Will she find true friends and regain the faith in her dreams ? Will she be lucky in love again after the tragedy in her life ?
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