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Verbena

When Bobby died in a car wreck with another woman at his side, Bena was left with five kids, a small house, and a big empty place in her heart. Five years later, she's got two daughters who've run off with no-good men, a backyard full of marijuana plants none of her kids will own up to, and a semi-personal relationship with Jesus. But she's trying. And when she's ready to invest again in love, she knows what she wants: Lucky McKale. And despite the fact that he's married, he seems to want her too...

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 368 pages

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