They deserved better 🦢
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Title : They Deserved Better
Genre: Romance, Trauma, School Life, Healing, Friendship
Blurb / Description:
"Briony Prescott has always believed she wasn't enough. Childhood harassment, a mother's betrayal, and the quiet weight of a fractured home taught her one thing-people deserve better than her. So she leaves before anyone can leave her.
But fate has its own way of circling back. From her ex-boyfriend scarred by his father's infidelity, to the kind boy at her new school who made her feel safe, and finally the classmate she never noticed until destiny forced their paths together-three boys carry her past, her present, and perhaps her future.
When they all return to her life, Briony must face her deepest wound: not who she loves, but whether she can believe she deserves love at all."
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