Through Rose Tinted Lenses
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Katherine O'Haire is not street smart. Nineteen years of chasing academic excellence doesn't really leave much time for learning about the world outside academia.
In the end though, her hardwork pays off, landing her in the college of her dreams.
She's excited, as anyone would be, but she's about to be taught the hard way that college is not like highschool.
Between balancing campus life, weekend rangers and a broody stranger who she can't get out of her head, she has her hands pretty full.
The pressure looks like it might break her but conscious of a parent who expects nothing but her downfall, she knows she has to find a way to make this work.
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