A Side Effect of Celebrity
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Claire Shaffer has everything she needs in life. Her parents are awesome, she's graduated with honours and she's ready for a summer of fun with her two best friends before getting serious at college. Yet when her fun leads her into the path of Hollywood A-List actor Jay Dawson, Claire's simple summer goes in a direction she never thought it would lead.
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This novella is a spin-off from my completed novel 'Out of Tune'. It also acts as a prequel to my upcoming novel 'Broken Strings'. All three pieces act in a standalone fashion with recurring characters spanning across the different novels.
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