What Love Can't Salvage
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Last published Mon, Mar 21, 2016
Aria Valiente is troubled young adult who, after a year of living a life of independence in the city for school, finally goes back to her hometown to find some inner peace. But problems don't just disappear like that.
After meeting Ivan, a humble barista at her local bookstore cafe, she begins to realize what it means to have something to fight for. But will this idea of hers last? Or will it just turn to ash like the rest of her dreams?
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