51,500 words She lost her once. She won’t lose her again. Piper spent eighteen years searching for the newborn daughter taken from her. Now she’s found Amelia, eighteen, in an Arkansas trailer park, unaware the stranger watching is her flesh and blood. With a new name to go along with her large bank account, the only thing Piper lacks is conscience. Some bonds survive separation. Some loves break every rule. A dark, transgressive novel about obsession, dominance, and the gravity of blood.