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Of Hustle and Heart ( #1 in of heart series)

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Seventeen-year-old Zina Cochrane, whose single mother struggles to support her and her thirteen-year-old twin brothers, has decided to sell bootleg CDs and DVDs to bring in some cash. Intelligent, street smart, and deeply introspective, Zina is determined to hide her jealousy of her classmates' less difficult lives, especially from the popular, handsome, green-eyed basketball star Shannon Smith.

As high school graduation nears, Zina continues to keep up with her schoolwork and her social life even as she's found her life in danger. And then twenty-four-year-old restaurant manager Zacarias Moreno, saunters into her life.

 
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Above the Noise

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