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Beadwork & Bloodlines: A Small-Town Indigenous Second-Chance Romance of Family, Power, and Belonging
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Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 29 2025
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
She left without looking back. He stayed and built a life without her.
Eight years ago, Margot Clearwater fled her reservation, her grandmother's legacy, and the man she'd promised forever. Now a stroke brings her home to a community that remembers everything-and Eli Redhawk, who's spent nearly a decade proving he doesn't need anyone who won't stay.
But the Clearwater Collective is failing, and saving it means working together. Six weeks. One impossible fundraiser. And an unfinished beadwork piece that Margot never completed-a matched set of medallions that meant joined paths, meant us, meant a future she was too afraid to claim.
Eli has every reason to keep his distance. He's the one everyone counts on now, the golden boy who shows up. Letting Margot back in means risking the kind of hurt he barely survived the first time.
Except the woman who returned isn't the girl who ran. And every late night at the Collective, every accidental touch, every hard truth spoken at the kitchen table makes it harder to remember why he should stay away.
When a land deal threatens to divide the community, the Harvest Moon Gathering becomes more than a fundraiser-it's a fight for everything they love. And Margot and Eli must decide: Will they repeat the same patterns that broke them? Or choose something harder, realer, built on accountability instead of promises?
Some things deserve to be finished.
A swoony, emotionally rich romance about coming home, community, and learning to stay.
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