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Shadows and Silk

Shadows and Silk

Completed Romance

Story Summary At twenty-four, Maya Lin’s world consists of steam, industrial detergent, and endless stacks of hospital linens. Working double shifts at St. Jude’s Hospital laundry room, her sole focus in life is keeping her twelve-year-old brother, Leo, fed and safe in their cramped basement apartment while managing his chronic, costly respiratory condition. Maya knows […]

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1: The Weight of Paper
  2. Chapter 2: The Fire and the Iron
  3. Chapter 3: The Crucible of Truth
  4. Chapter 4: The Poison in the Wine
  5. Chapter 5: The Glass Fortress
  6. Chapter 6: The Phantom on the Shore
  7. Chapter 7: The Thread in the Loom
  8. Chapter 8: The Art of Unscheduled Domesticity
  9. Chapter 9: The Salt and the Anchor
  10. Chapter 10: The Hearth and the Iron
  11. Chapter 11: The Phantom of the Silver Screen
  12. Chapter 12: The Red Carpet and the Shadow
  13. Chapter 13: The Unvarnished Crown
  14. Chapter 14: The Sovereign of the Bone Trade
  15. Chapter 15: The Saffron in the Ashes
  16. Chapter 16: The Art of the Ordinary
  17. Chapter 17: The Weight of Unwritten Rules
  18. Chapter 18: The Anchor and the Open Sea