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𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.

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In 2007 Canaan Creek, Alabama, Sarah Willingham begins to rebel as her mother's faith becomes a weapon and her father falls back into addiction.

Then there's Henry Carter, the outcast with cigarette smoke in his lungs and blood already staining his hands.

He draws Sarah toward something buried beneath her broken faith. Something hungry. Something honest.

But rot spreads fast in a town built on shame, and one terrible night leaves both of them standing at the edge of something they can't come back from.

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this is a southern gothic, slow burn, religion deconstruction story with a hint of dark romance
some may get upset over the contents
please read trigger warnings
18+

#1 in 2000s
#1 in alabama
#3 in southern gothic

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