In this wise, beguiling, beautiful novel set in the era of the Civil War, an award-winning playwright and author paints a haunting portrait of a woman named Always, born a slave, and four generations of her African-American family. *From the Trade Paperback edition.*
Family
โ Scribed by Crissy Smith
- Publisher
- Totally Entwined Group Ltd
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 184 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Becoming family is the only way they can survive.
Dakota doesn't know what it is to feel the love and acceptance of a family. She was raised with only one purpose--to become an agent in the Organization that works in the shadows to keep innocent and unaware humans from discovering the paranormal world.
That all changed when she met Kieran Smith, who's quickly becoming the most important person in her life--more important than the job she didn't want in the first place.
Kieran isn't like other people. A loner, even his own kind shun him. He's learned long ago not to depend on anyone else--until he met Dakota. Dakota is slowly proving that not only can she be trusted, but she truly loves him, faults and all.
With their small but loyal group of friends by their side, Dakota and Kieran must face their demons and their pasts. Family has only meant pain before, but now their chosen family will be what they need to survive...and...
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