Yearning to Live (Finding the Strength #4)
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A self-proclaimed ordinary average girl meets the one larger than life person who will make her yearn for so much more.
Natalie Benton has nursed more than enough heartbreak in her twenty-one years. But she doesn't like to complain, even though her parents' marriage might be falling apart, and she's still mourning her brother, who committed suicide five years ago. On top of that, she was recently ghosted by her lover, an emotionally detached tattoo artist who ran off to California. She's ready to graduate college in a few months but not sure what her next steps will be. For now, she'll take each day as it comes, which has become her mantra as an ordinary, average girl in Albee, Pennsylvania where nothing exciting ever happens.
But fate has other plans for Natalie, when a very not ordinary-average girl enters her life. It's the larger-than-life Gem Grove, one of the most popular singers of the past decade. Gem's been hiding out in Albee while she tries her best to take each day as it comes, but her addiction to bigger fame and fortune could lead to her downfall. The public may think she's entitled and spoiled, but she's ready to prove them all wrong. She's more than just a singer who performs on demand. She wants to create art with her songs and gain the respect she's always wanted. Natalie and Gem shouldn't fit together, but they do. The ordinary-average girl and the larger-than-life diva might be destined for more, but only if they can achieve it together.
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