At the age of sixteen, Gracie never thought that she would become pregnant by Dap, the love of her life. Nor did she think she would have to keep the news from him. When Dap left for the service, he promised Gracie that he would come back to marry her, but when her mother and step-father send her away to the Waterbury Home for Unwed Mothers, Gracie’s hopes of being with Dap diminish. During her stay, Gracie struggles with the choice to leave the home and go looking for Dap, or let her child be put up for adoption in hopes of the child being raised in a loving home. Augustine, the midwife at the home, tells Gracie to follow her heart, but the head mistress has plans of her own for Gracie’s child and doesn’t want the girl to keep her baby. Many years later after trying to forget her past and move on with her life, Gracie finds herself in an unhappy marriage. The fighting and arguing finally takes its toll on Gracie, so after eighteen years of staying for the wrong reasons, Gracie decides to take her teenage daughter, Myra, and leave. Not long after settling into her new, single life, she runs into Dap and the two rekindle the love they both thought was gone. Now, Gracie finds herself in a difficult situation. She can’t bring herself to tell Dap about what happened long ago. Fearing she could lose him, Gracie keeps quiet. But secrets have a way of surfacing and Gracie finds herself unprepared for the consequences. What can she do to get back the only man she has ever loved?
Solve a murder, save her mother, and stop the apocalypse? No problem. She has a foul-mouthed troll on her side. For Austin homicide detective Leira Berens, happy is running down bad guys and solving crimes. And she’s damn good at it. Which is why when the Light Elf prince is murdered, the king breaks a centuries old treaty and crosses between worlds to seek her help. Wait a min...
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