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    "description": "A lover who disappears. A best friend who takes his place. A girl who desperately loves them both.\n\nIt\u2019s 1982 in California\u2019s Bay Area, where Jacqui Hall yearns to belong. Stuck living at home so her oppressive parents will pay for college, the nineteen-year-old aspiring writer wishes for someone to make her feel special. And her dreams seem to come true when she hits it off with a pair of hot mechanics that work next door.\n\nFalling hard for the haunted Mick, Jacqui finally finds acceptance in his passionate arms. But when he vanishes without a word and his rakish best friend Remy steps into his shoes, she\u2019s torn between two very different kinds of affection.\n\nWhen Mick returns and Remy doesn\u2019t want to let go, will Jacqui be forced to choose, or can she truly have it all?\n\nRecalling the days of West Coast car culture and low-tech times, K.C. Lake delivers an intimate story of found family and sexual awakening. When There Was Us is the absorbing first book in the California Dreaming contemporary romance series. If you like angsty reads, strong dialogue, and swoonworthy book boyfriends, you\u2019ll adore this love story packed with heart and heat.",
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