Hearts Like Ours
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Cady Barrett's idea of happiness is a little bit shallow. On a good night, it's found in the loud music and familiar droll of a busy bar. On a bad night, it's in a bottle of white wine and sleeping pills.
For this sorority girl, happiness is a stereotype she plays up well. But in the darkest night, when everyone goes to sleep and she's lying alone in her bed, happiness doesn't seem to exist.
Until she finds Frat Row Prince Charming himself, Hollis Buckley, in a place she least expects him to be.
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