𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪, 𝟷𝟿𝟻𝟻 in a town where dirt roads stretch for miles and the summer sun burns hot against cotton fields, there are rules everyone knows. white stays with white. colored stays with colored. and love between the two? that kind of love gets people killed. gracie mae james has spent her whole life doing what she's told. helping on her family's small farm, keeping her head down, and pretending not to hear the cruel words thrown her way. but everything changes the day she crosses paths with richard "scott" miller - the charming, reckless son of one of the town's most respected white families. he's everything she should stay away from. and somehow, he becomes everything she can't. what starts as stolen glances and quiet conversations turns into something far more dangerous - secret meetings by the lake, whispered promises in the dark, and a love neither of them can deny. but in a town built on hatred and old traditions, love like theirs isn't just forbidden. it's deadly. and some stories aren't meant to have happy endings. welcome to. 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚊 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚢 ©cndylxps