Hopeless / Losing Hope / Finding Cinderella
A few open-door scenes, described but not lingered on.
Direct. Plain anatomical words, moderately crude dialogue.
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Colleen Hoover, the #1 New York Times bestselling author “known for her deeply emotional sagas” (Woman’s World), presents a beautifully designed, collectable boxed set of the Hopeless series—a passionate love story between two young people who must decide if they can move on from their painful pasts and enjoy a future together. In Hopeless, Sky and Holder are instantly attracted to one another, but both are hiding dark and troubled pasts. When Holder’s secrets are revealed, Sky is forever changed and must decide if she can ever trust again. Holder is haunted by the girl he couldn’t save in Losing Hope. But perhaps it is only through allowing himself to love Sky that he can begin to heal. Finding Cinderella follows Daniel as he meets the perfect woman, only for her to disappear from his life. A year later, he meets the mysterious Six, and it seems like true love. But will Daniel actually get his happily ever after? In the “emotionally wrenching and utterly original” (Sara Shepard, New York Times bestselling author) All Your Perfects, Quinn and Graham’s perfect love is threatened by their imperfect marriage, and the one thing that could save them might be the very thing that pushes their relationship beyond the point of repair. Finally, in Finding Perfect, the friends are planning a Friendsgiving dinner, but secrets threaten their happiness. Can they all finally move on from their pasts or is it too late?
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