Everything Changes
Author: Jonathan Tropper
To all appearances, Zachary King is a man with luck on his side. A steady, well-paying job; a rent-free Manhattan apartment; and Hope, his stunning, blue-blooded fiancée: smart, sexy, and completely out of his league. But as the wedding day looms, Zack finds himself haunted by the memory of his best friend, Rael, killed in a car wreck two years earlier, and by his increasi….Read More
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