The Boy In The Picture
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Nola Peters is starting college ready to chase her dream of becoming an artist, but she cannot stop thinking about a boy from a childhood photo-a boy she barely remembers. As she sketches portraits of him, imagining who he might be now, her curiosity collides with chaos: dorm life, new friendships, and an engineering student with attitude, Jaeden.
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