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Some promises cost you the one you love.

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The Temple of Kronos wants her dead. The Stoneslayer wants her destroyed. Neither will have her.

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A poisoned cousin, a five-year-old's life, and a family with too many secrets.

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Betrayal runs in her blood. Justice runs in his. Together, they burn it all down.

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"ANOTHER WINNER!"
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Running from her past, she finds a killer, a protector, and her faith.

This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith

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This Close to Okay, April 2022
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So We Can Glow, March 2020
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THIS CLOSE TO OKAY
By: Leesa Cross-Smith

Grand Central Publishing
April 2022
On Sale: April 12, 2022
Featuring: Tallie; Emmett
320 pages
ISBN: 1538715368
EAN: 9781538715369
Kindle: B089SPDTP6
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Hardcover (February 2021)

Multicultural African-American | Women's Fiction Southern

On a rainy October night in Kentucky, recently divorced therapist Tallie Clark is on her way home from work when she spots a man precariously standing at the edge of a bridge. Without a second thought, Tallie pulls over and jumps out of the car into the pouring rain. She convinces the man to join her for a cup of coffee, and he eventually agrees to come back to her house, where he finally shares his name: Emmett. 

Over the course of the emotionally charged weekend that follows, Tallie makes it her mission to provide a safe space for Emmett, though she hesitates to confess that this is also her day job. What she doesn’t realize is that Emmett isn’t the only one who needs healing—and they both are harboring secrets.

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