Flowers for the Dead
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In a multicolored display of pomp and pageantry, the Flores Family gathers for their annual Day of the Dead ceremony. But when jealousy arises, and the tradition hundreds of years old threatens to divide the family for good, Trina discovers that she is engaged to a man with secrets she isn't sure she can live with.
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