Jerome
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1876 Jerome Arizona
Mariana Luna was the outcast of every town she entered with her mother, Daniella Luna & grandfather Israel.
The gypsies, the thieves, and the no goods
Townspeople would say, but one night while making camp in Jerome, Arizona, a dark tragedy would rain down on young Mariana's life & the hardships of being a woman in a time of hard men would change her but also lead her to the father she never knew and a couple of friends for life that would stand with her and seek an act of revenge for the men that did her harm
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