Everything That Matters
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Supermodel Gabriella Rodriguez has it all. Until she learns of her mother's death and pretty much has a nervous breakdown on the runway on National television. Stricken with grief, she returns to her sleepy hometown, leaving everything she had behind to start afresh. Stuck in a new job she cannot handle, life just plain sucks. Soon, Gabby finds herself struggling to restore order back into her life (a task made impossible by her undeniable attraction to the sexy writer who's in town on a sabbatical!). Scared of all sorts of things all at once (her new job, falling in love for the very first time, to name a few), on her twenty seventh birthday, she receives a letter from her (dead) mother that changes her life forever as she embarks on a journey filled with romance and shattering discoveries...
Join Gabby as she learns about love, life and everything else that matters...
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