Love At First Kiss (Love #1)
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Last published Fri, Feb 7, 2025
Madeline Lane is a sweet girl who unfortunately fell into the wrong place and wrong friends who deceived her and masked it as love. Now she guards her heart refusing to let anyone come closer to hurt her again. Moving to America, she wasn't expecting a 6"5 basketball player to sweep her off her feet.
Caleb Knight knows what he wants, and what he wants is Madeline.
Can he help her get through her past and win her heart...or will he fail to do so ad end up losing her forever
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