Macarena is a passionate, sensual, young gypsy woman in 15th century Barcelona, a time and place where gypsies are a marginalized and oppressed people and apparently, the city is not big enough for her clan and a platoon of the Spanish army.
As the tensions between them start resulting in the rape and murder of several young gypsy girls, Macarena, as the daughter of the clan's leader, will have to make a decision. With her loyalty and boundaries tested, will she be able to go through with it? Or risk a future with her husband, the love of her family, the acceptance of her people, and her own life? (ONGOING)
When Jane Madarang's neighbor Natalie kills herself and leaves behind cryptic instructions, it's up to Jane and her classmates to unearth deadly secrets.
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Natalie Driscoll is dead.
She threw herself out a window and left her neighbor Jane to unravel their town's darkest secrets. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students who all have something to hide. The four of them must carry out Natalie's final errand while solving the mysteries written in her diary. But the secrets they unearth may be far more dangerous than what they ever imagined.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of suicide, violence and murder that may be triggering for some readers.
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