The Art of Loving
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Last published Sat, Jul 25, 2026
Clementine Brooks has never understood the point of loving things halfway.
Not art. Not figure skating. Not the people she cares about.
When a chance encounter with Briar University's hockey captain leaves her with a new friend and an art history class lands her beside the infuriatingly charming Dean Di Laurentis, Clementine finds herself pulled into the orbit of Briar Hockey.
Between museum projects, late-night study sessions, hockey games, and the people who slowly become family, Clementine discovers that some of life's greatest works of art aren't found hanging in museums.
They're found in the people who change your life.
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