Strength isn’t about bearing a cross of grief or shame. Strength comes from choosing your own path, and living with the consequences.

And as long as I had the strength to keep living, I was going to do it without regret.

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BLOOD TIES BOOK TWO: POSSESSION

Coming February 2007

ISBN 978-1-55254-470-9

BLOOD TIES BOOK ONE: THE TURNING

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