Catching the Bouquet (Slow Updates)
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Last published Fri, May 10, 2013
Camellia Gianni has avoided love at all cost after having her heart broken by her ex-boyfriend about a year ago. Her big, Italian family has other thoughts in mind. Her twenty-fourth birthday has arrived, and it's for the supposed "family blessing" to come true. Camellia thinks it's only a fluke. In her family, the women catch a wedding bouquet when they are twenty-four. Will she be the next girl in her family to catch the bouquet?
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