Par for the Curse

Stormy has grown up with the warning that she is cursed. Raised in a family of eight women with twenty-four husbands among them, she has managed to escape the family's legacy thus far. Things begin to change once she is given the details concerning a hex that was cast upon her great grandmother over eighty years ago. Managing the antics of her adulteress young cousin, Riley, exhausts Stormy. Comforting the heartbreak of her older cousin Lourdes, angers her. After a devastating turn of events on par with her birthright, Stormy decides to seek a remedy for the family's plight. She travels to New Orleans determined to find answers. Along the way she faces a quilt of obstacles and a set of choices that challenge her reality. Will she reveal the information or continue playing the hand she was dealt by an angry young woman in the Bayou? Par for the Curse reveals the influence of voodoo and the impact of generational secrets on family, life, and love.

Adams, Kamryn

Naphtali Books

Toyi Ward

McKenzie Jones is always looking for a place that she can call her own and just be accepted the way she is. To escape the daily rigors of chores and school-especially with all of its homework and stress of fitting in to a place where she was the only one that looked like she did; "Tall, red-brown skin, with dark brown hair and brown eyes." McKenzie often went to a place in her head called the "Place of Peace." Her "Place of Peace" was a place where she could be herself and feel that people would accept her. Little did she know that this place maybe a reality not just a fantasy that she has created. McKenzie embarks upon a journey of self-discover after being asked by her teacher to do a presentation in front of the class on what it is like to be a Wampanoag (Native American). To her dismay, McKenzie does not really know too much about the culture of her ancestors or about how that relates to what she goes through in 2009. In the end McKenzie learns her final lesson as she has become a young woman, learned the truth of her history, received her name, and learned the wisdom of sacrifice and sharing, her final lesson is to live in peace and abundance where ever she may be.

PONEASEQUA, Goddess of the Waters

Stephanie Duckworth-Elliott

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Par for the Curse

Par for the Curse

PONEASEQUA, Goddess of the Waters