Love Story (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Erin Blackwell: Moved to NYC to go to college to study to be a writer. She has just been cut off from her grandmother to be the heir to the illustrious horse farm and is struggling to get by. This is because she wanted to study writing rather than business.
• Hunter Allen: Hunter is Erin's friend from childhood and the stable boy from her time living with her grandmother. He has inherited all of Erin's fortune which has caused ructions between the two of them.
• Manohar: One of Hunter's roomates.
• Gabe: Erin's writing class leader.
• Brian: Hunter's roomate.
• Tommy: Hunter's father.
• Jørdis: Erin's roomate. Sophmore majoring in Art.
• Rebecca: Fictional character in one of Erin's stories. Based on Erin herself.
• David: Fictional character in Erin's story based on Hunter.
• Whitfield Farrell: Heir to the farm next door to Erin's grandmother.
• Kyle: Classmate of Erin's.
• Isabelle: Erin's classmate.
• Mr. Gordon: Add a description of this character.
• Love Story
• Summer: Erin's roomate and friend from writing class.

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• “Simmer down! It's like freaking Boy Scout Camp in here.”

  Summer

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• Most people did not think dirty thoughts at a time like this. Only me.

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• In Pride and Prejudice, Lydia calls a neighborhood girl a “nasty little freckled thing.” Silently Elizabeth agrees. The reader is not to sympathize with Lydia, but she is to sympathize with Elizabeth. I loved Jane Austen with all my heart, but I could not forgive her for this.

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• His voice was smooth like a song as he said, “I would not love college in New York if you weren’t there.” Suddenly I was flushing hot in the freezing night. “You wouldn’t?” I whispered. “No. When I said I love it, I listed all these things I love about it. I left you out.” He let my hand go and touched his finger to my lips. “I love you.”

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• New York City
• Kentucky
• Louisville
• Long Island
• California

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1. Jennifer Echols (Author)

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• Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction › Love & Romance
• Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Girls & Women