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Keeping Her Afloat (Book 1)

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Her Past
Clumsy but attractive nerd, Dolores Huerta suffers from a stress induced asthma caused by a traumatic experience. An experience which occured five years ago after her Mom and best friend were involved in a ghastly car crash. An internal struggle to contain those painful memories ensues from then onwards.

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     His Present
Like your regular books, an unfamiliar emotion rouses in Nicolas Isaias De León, the school's playboy, the day he bumps into the class' nerdiest girl by the door. The only difference is, he is no playboy but an unwilling pawn in the hands of fate.

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     Their Future
Their worlds collide the moment they crash into each other. Like Titanic, she is  his Rose and he is her Jack but when their ship starts to sink, would he able to keep her from being tossed about in the billow of her fears?

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