The Heart of A Champion (An NBA OC X Hailee Steinfeld Romance)
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Hailee Steinfeld: A young yet very renowned actress best known for her work in films and television series such as Pitch Perfect, The Edge of Seventeen, Bumblebee and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Basically she's a superstar with intent on becoming a megastar.
Dante Butler: an undrafted NBA player from the 2018 NBA Draft Class has been quite the surprise. The former 5-star high school prospect and Oklahoma State Cowboy has slowly but been making a lot of noise over the last number of years and it's resulted in not only citywide admiration but league wide respect as well.
But when the young baller has a chance encounter with the beautiful actress, will she spark some much needed fire to push the so called 'Inferno of the NBA'?
FIND OUT ONLY IN 'THE HEART OF A CHAMPION'!!!!
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