Lined With You
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Last published Mon, Aug 18, 2025
Carmine Hartford is the picture of perfection at Havenwood College - wealthy parents, striking beauty, top grades, and a shooting guard position on the school's basketball team. What else could you wish for? But beneath the flawless surface, Carmine wrestles with deep insecurities fueled by her vitiligo and a restless dissatisfaction with who she is.
When a devastating injury shatters her basketball dreams during a crucial game, Carmine's self-esteem crumbles, and she isolates herself from everyone and everything she once loved.
Enter Aiden Ford: enigmatic, a "black cat" with a reputation for being cold, yet secretly gold-hearted, and also head of the school papers. When the principal tasks him with taking Carmine into the school papers editing work, Aiden hesitates - partly because he's drawn to her in ways he can't explain. But duty wins out, and he agrees.
What begins as an uneasy collaboration slowly becomes something neither expected. Can Carmine and Aiden break through their walls to find connection and maybe even love? Or will their story be just another forgotten note in the margins?
Dive into this young adult romance and experience the journey of two unlikely hearts learning to trust - and maybe heal - together.
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