NEW BOOK (MM, CONTEMPORARY) - MAGGIE BLACKBIRD
BLESSED BY MAGGIE BLACKBIRD 🌫🌫BLURB:🌫🌫 A mixed-blood Catholic seminarian struggles to discern his true calling: the priesthood or his ex-lover, a proud but damaged Ojibway man. It’s been ten years since Emery Matawapit sinned, having succumbed to temptation for the one thing in his life that felt right, another man. In six months he’ll make a life-changing decision that will bar him from sexual relationships for the rest of his life. Darryl Keejik has a decade-long chip on his shoulder, and he holds Emery’s father, the church deacon, responsible for what he’s suffered: the loss of his family and a chance at true love with Emery. No longer a powerless kid, Darryl has influence within the community—maybe more than the deacon, and he intends on using his new-found power to destroy Deacon Matawapit and the church. Hoping to save the church, Emery races home. But stopping Darryl is harder than expected when their sizzling chemistr...