Heartstrings
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21-year-old Dominique Ford had always wondered who lived in the apartment above hers with a music taste like no other. Three years of college and living alone had made sure she'd settled into the whirlwind of classes, friends and part-time jobs, but all that changed when a package was delivered to the wrong floor. An awkward encounter suddenly led to so much more and Dominique finds a change in the notes she'd assumed to be her whole life. All from a fateful meeting with a stranger who seemed to know exactly how to play the strings to her heart.
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