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The Author Next Door [Ongoing]
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All she wanted was a quiet life , a small flower shop with a cozy corner for books, a space scented with roses and stories. But when a reclusive new neighbor moves in, carrying secrets between his pages, her world begins to change.
He's an anonymous author, hiding his name from the world. She's a dreamer who reads everything she can get her hands on. Between exchanged smiles over the fence and late-night conversations lit by warm lamplight, their stories start to entwine.
But when his secret threatens to come between them, will the ending be as sweet as the beginning?
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