Terrible Habits
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It was easy to be happy when you got everything you wanted, right?
Eleanor "Lenny" Hamilton was used to getting everything at the snap of her fingers, after all that was the best perk about being the daughter of a millionaire. But when Lenny gets arrested, she is cut off from her family's fortune and left to fend for herself.
Enter Luke, a cop who wants nothing to do with Lenny or the Hamilton family. But as their paths cross, Luke and Lenny are drawn together creating a deeper connection than either of them expected. But Luke's secrets and Lenny's dark habits are not far behind and they threaten to rip them apart.
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