Second to None

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By Nancy Herkness ’79

Published Sept. 6, 2017

Billionaire chemist Max Varela is selling his company and leaving New York when Emily Wade bursts into his office, desperate for his help funding her program for disadvantaged kids and shelter dogs. Seven years ago, Max fell in love with her, but she was married to another man. Now Emily is grieving her husband’s death, but will she and Max get a second chance at love?

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An inside look up the inside of a building, with four floors and a dinosaur skeleton visible.
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