A Devotion to Monarchs

Maris Grey has long since closed herself off to the world-her mother gone, her father in prison, and her heart buried beneath layers of rebellion and grief. In the quiet town of Monarch Creek, she feels more like a ghost than a person, especially when she sees Summer Solano-the perfect, radiant daughter of the town's priest, Matthias Solano. Where Maris is dark and broken, Summer is light, full of faith, and lives a life defined by devotion. Her belief in God, in family, in love, is unwavering, while Maris cannot remember the last time she believed in anything.

But as their paths converge Maris is drawn to Summer's beauty, her kindness, and the holiness she wears so effortlessly. Summer's world of prayer, hymns, and faith is a world Maris has long abandoned-but it's also a world that calls to her in ways she cannot ignore. Their unlikely friendship stirs something deep within Maris, and in Summer, she begins to see the flicker of hope that she thought had died long ago.

In A Devotion to Monarchs, two souls from opposite worlds find themselves tangled in a love story that defies faith, rebellion, and everything they thought they knew about themselves. It's a story of light and darkness, of belief and doubt, and of a devotion that can only be born from the most unexpected of places.

Maris's life has been created and destroyed. It only begins, with the sun.

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AUTHOR'S NOTE:
This is a work of fiction. Unless otherwise indicated, all the names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents in this book are either the product of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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