~Stranger in the Painting~
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Last published Tue, Aug 11, 2015
Jenna Parker is a beautiful, caring and smart painter from England. Her life is going nowhere until she meets Christian Roger, a hot, slim man with a passion for life.
Jenna takes an instant disliking to Christian and the clumsy and violent ways he learnt during his years in America.
However, when a jealous ex flirts uncomfortably with Jenna, Christian springs to the rescue. Jenna begins to notices that Christian is actually rather giving at heart.
But, the pressures of Christian's job as a Mechanic leave him blind to Jenna's affections and Jenna takes up reading to try an distract himself.
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