Don't get burned, Jo
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Last published Thu, Apr 11, 2024
Sixteen-year-old Jo lives like a princess locked in a tower. On the surface, she leads a splendid, affluent life in a home with loving women, her mother and grandmother, but in reality, she is a prisoner of the trauma that struck her family fifteen years ago.
The moment she decides to fulfill her dreams at any cost, she sets off an avalanche of forgotten secrets and mysteries that disrupt her world as she knows it.
Will her impulsive decision open the doors to uncovering the truth?
Can one fall in love with a boy from a completely different world?
Is it possible to resurrect a family from the ashes?
Read on...
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