Childhood friends from opposite sides of a marble-company town are torn apart by murder and family secrets in this Southern gothic love story.
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Childhood friends from opposite sides of a marble-company town are torn apart by murder and family secrets in this Southern gothic love story.
"For twenty-five years Darl Union and Eli Wade have held each other in their hearts. Darl and Eli were childhood friends in the small North Carolina town of Burnt Stand. Raised by her steely grandmother, Darl is the heir to the Hardigree Marble Company, which controls the town."--Jacket.
Darleen Union and Eli Wade are childhood friends torn apart by a murder that has never been solved. Raised by her grandmother, Darleen is the heir to Hardigree Marble Company, which controls the small North Car...
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Central lifelong love affair with recurring romantic and sensual intimacy
Unsolved murder is central; body exhumation and past violence shape the plot
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft present
No real-world occult or demonology content present
Class privilege, small-town power, and death-penalty legal work
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Controlling family cruelty, murder trauma, and toxic clan dynamics
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