Against the Current
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Last published Sun, Nov 29, 2020
Summary: He was supposed to bring her home; He didn't expect to fall in love. When Colton Wolfe tells Katie the truth behind her adoption, she returns to her birth family's home to reclaim what's hers. As she spends the summer repairing the house she inherited, she and Cole will bond, becoming friends and blossoming into something more.
Colton: Half-Breed. Bastard. A young Mvskoke man whose time in a boarding school and on the battlefield had nearly destroyed everything good and innocent inside of him. Jaded and alone, he doesn't see a hopeful future for himself. It's only when a dying Seminole woman reaches out to Cole for a not so simple task that a spark he thought died long ago is reignited in his heart.
Katie: Raised by whites, spirited and hot-headed Katie Richmond, never knew the ways of her people, but then again, she never thought much about it. Her adoptive family gave her all the love she thought she needed until he came into her life. Now she longs for the family and culture she lost all those years ago.
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