Narcissus
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Last published Tue, Jun 14, 2016
Sage Kennedy is a gardener. Raised on the land, she knows there is good in all things: she seeks it out.
Elliot Parker is an athlete. Coddled by his parents, adored by his friends, and enamored with the idea of his own version of stardom, he rarely looks beyond the comfortable life he's created for himself.
When these two worlds - starkly different but similar in odd, unsuspecting ways - clash as Sage and Elliot's paths cross, what will be the damage? And who will change along the way?
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