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down to my children.
    That’s where Stoker had gotten it wrong. In his crazed mind, his solution to the violence and immorality in the world was adding more violence. He’d missed one little detail. Every person, no matter how far gone down their paths, was worth saving. Every life had purpose.
    It was a lesson I’d learned the hard way, but one I would treasure forever.
    THE END
     
     

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Other Books By This Author

Available on Amazon…

The Taming Series
    Taming Mr. Jerkface
    Taming Mr. Charming
    Taming Mr. Know-it-all
    Taming Mr. Darcy
     
    The Seven Realms Series
    Genesis
    Revelations
    The Tree of Knowledge (coming soon)
     
    Love & Reggae
    Amid the Noise
    Count Me In
    Buffalo Soldier
     
    The Boyfriend By Series
    Boyfriend By Blackmail
    Boyfriend By Midnight
    Boyfriend By Design
     
    Confessions of A Church Girl
    Glass Houses
    Fitting In
    Standing Out
     
    Standalone
    Whiter Than Snow
    Scarlet
    Married By Science
     
    Love In Many Shades
    Cece & David
    Cece & David 2
    Cece & David 3
    Cece & David 4

 
    Read on for an excerpt from the first book in the Love In Many Shades Series:
     
    Cece & David

Belizean Creole Glossary
    A chips – Belizean reference to a bag of chips
    Anime – Japanese animation
    Carib – A group indigenous to the Caribbean
    Chetumal or “Chet” – a city in Mexico that Belizeans often travel to for the variety of shops and cheaper wares
    Cut her eye - Glaring or looking at someone with the eyes narrowed and looking to the side instead of looking straight ahead at the intended person. Often done to show displeasure
    Dalla chips, biscuit – an item that costs a little more than a dollar, seen as very expensive to seven year olds with a limited allowance
    Garifuna - mixed-race descendants of West African, Central African, Island Carib, and Arawak people. One of the cultures in Belize.
    Junior college – Belizean high school students normally graduate secondary school between the ages of sixteen and eighteen. Junior college allows them to mature and gain their Associates degree so that they can find jobs or pursue further education
    Pibil – roasted pig marinated in seasonings and cooked underground shredded and garnished with diced onion sauce, eaten with avocado and fresh tortillas
    Salbutes – fried corn dough disc slapped with shredded stewed chicken meat in gravy and topped with finely cut cabbage, pepper, and jalapenos

PROLOGUE
    The dust rose like a wave, covering each of the children racing about in a coat of fine sand. The shouts and giggles of little girls playing “running race” from one end of the small school yard to the other rang across the green buildings standing sentinel over the burgeoning generation of future teachers, lawyers, and prime ministers. The voices of little boys stooping in the dirt and shooting tiny balls that glittered in the sunlight carried over to the classrooms a few feet away.
    Far from the noise and the activity outside, seven-year-old David Kim remained indoors with a book open before him. Every few minutes, he turned the pages of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald, murmuring at the revelations each chapter revealed. His slanted eyes were hidden behind the thick volume and only the top of his thick black head could be seen by passersby.
    “David.” A voice sounded, but David was in another world and so paid the person no heed.
    “David,” His teacher, Mrs. Foster, stooped to David’s level and put a hand on his shoulder. He looked up with a startled grunt. Mrs. Foster’s kind brown eyes peered into his.