Romance · fiction
Clara Raises the First Beam
Clara Whitmore did not cry when her stepmother locked her outside in the middle of a Wyoming snowstorm. She had learned years ago that tears were expensive things. They cost strength. They cost dignity. And most dangerously, they gave cruel people proof that they had succeeded. So Clara simply stood on the frozen porch with snow gathering on...
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- Romance
- Audience
- Adult readers
- Chapters
- 6
- Fiction status
- fiction
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