Heart of Sparrow
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  • Reads 2,065
  • Votes 379
  • Parts 56
  • Time 9h 5m
Ongoing, First published Jun 03, 2024
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A young girl must rely on her estranged father to help her return an Orisha's heart, but as she taps into its power, she finds herself drawn to its dangerous magic. 

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Sparrow Winslow discovers an old picture of her late mother with a crooked businessman. 

Convinced the man is her biological father, she tracks him down and learns more than she bargains for. Not only is he her father, but a vampire, which means she'll be coming into her fangs any day. 

But complications arise when he also explains her witchy mother stole the heart of an African goddess, enabling her life. 

Armed with a reincarnated bestie and a ruggedly strict, but dashing Guardian, Sparrow is forced on the run as every supernatural overlord seeks to take the goddess's heart for themselves. 

The only way to escape this nightmare is to return what her mother stole...her very heart. But that means Sparrow will have to remain a drab and medicated vampire and relinquish her divinely witch nature to the Orisha.

Each time she casts a spell, Sparrow tastes her newfound abilities and it's secretly delicious. It isn't long before she fears becoming just like the monsters who are chasing after her heart.

Will she sacrifice her ancient power to restore balance? Or will magic consume her good intentions the same way it did her mother?
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