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he Other Brother takes up where The Return left off, following Molly Lenoir as she leaves home to begin what promised to be a bright future. When a twist of fate alters her path, Molly is plunged into unfamiliar territory, struggling to make sense of it all while in the midst of some highly unusual company:  

Cora, the crusty grocery store owner who dispenses love & advice with a salty tongue & a heart of gold;  

Jade, the recovering New Orleans hooker, hell-bent on making amends with her family & getting her life back on track; and  

Kevin, the Atlanta-based news reporter whose link to Molly’s past threatens to destroy them both.

Excerpted from The Other Brother

From Chapter One

 Outside the hurricane raged, the furor of its wind whipping mercilessly through the thin walls of the two-room shack. Molly LeNoir watched as rain washed in turbulent rivers over the clouded windowpanes, her arms folded insecurely across her chest as she peered through the slats of rickety wooden shutters, considering the storm and wishing for the first time in a very long time that she were not completely alone.

  “It’s not that bad out there,” she muttered defiantly. “I’ve ridden out worse storms — bad storms — storms that make this look like nothing.”

Like Camille, or Katrina that had flattened the Gulf Coast with one cruel swipe of her hand.

“It’s certainly not bad enough to kill me,” she added, growing more doubtful as the storm continued to gain strength. “Although, I suppose it would be fitting — a perfectly tragic ending to go right along with the rest of it.”

It was a curse — her mother’s curse — a curse passed on to Molly by fate and birthright, marked by a tragic path of dead men, crushed dreams and broken hearts, and Molly was determined to beat it.

So far, she wasn’t off to a great start. 

 The Other Brother

By Vicki Allen

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