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Child of Beauty
Paperback
Series: Prophecy, Book 2
ISBN13: 9781492715665
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: May 19 2014
Pages: 270
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.67 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Two sisters. One name. And a kingdom built to break them both.
Jerrika Little was born into power-but never into love. Scarred by cruelty, mocked for her appearance, and dismissed by her own mother, she grows up knowing one truth above all else: beauty decides worth in Perso's Creek, and she has none. As a Soldata trainee, Jerrika learns to wield weapons and discipline-but it is her heart that defies the kingdom most. Drawn to compassion, justice, and forbidden love, she begins to question the very system she is meant to protect.
Rayna Little was chosen for that system.
Adopted for her beauty and groomed to be admired, Rayna is everything Jerrika is not allowed to be-graceful, adored, desired. Yet behind her perfect braids and practiced smiles lies a girl bound by fear, obedience, and secrets she was never meant to carry. Raised to believe that loving her sister would cost her everything, Rayna learns to survive by wearing the role expected of her... even as doubt and longing threaten to crack the mask.
As rebellion stirs and prophecy whispers of common blood rising against the throne, both sisters stand at the edge of impossible choices. Loyalty or truth. Power or mercy. The family that claimed them-or the people they could become.
Child of Beauty is a haunting tale of sisterhood torn apart by cruelty, of identity forged under oppression, and of two young women walking different paths toward the same reckoning.
Because in a world that worships beauty and bloodlines, the bravest rebellion may be learning who you truly are.
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