In the heart of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a young Trina Jones is fighting to break a vicious cycle of generational trauma. She has never known the luxury of being mothered the way other girls do. Instead, she stands as the sole anchor for her four younger siblings, shielding them from the fallout of their mother’s addiction.
Her only sanctuary is the love of her life, Joshua Johnson, a rising star quarterback at Rouge University. But trying to play the savior has Josh biting off more than he can chew. Trapped in a dangerous duality of his own, he is forced to split his time between his football career and hustling on the block.
When a collision of betrayals and life-altering crises shatters Trina’s fragile world, the very ground beneath her begins to split. The prayers she desperately clings to start feeling less like answers and more like the inherited curses of her mother.
Will Trina be the magnolia that grows out of the concrete, or will the pull of the streets prevent her from finding a way out of the struggle to save them all?
Her only sanctuary is the love of her life, Joshua Johnson, a rising star quarterback at Rouge University. But trying to play the savior has Josh biting off more than he can chew. Trapped in a dangerous duality of his own, he is forced to split his time between his football career and hustling on the block.
When a collision of betrayals and life-altering crises shatters Trina’s fragile world, the very ground beneath her begins to split. The prayers she desperately clings to start feeling less like answers and more like the inherited curses of her mother.
Will Trina be the magnolia that grows out of the concrete, or will the pull of the streets prevent her from finding a way out of the struggle to save them all?
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Kindle, 277 pages
Published
June 19, 2026
In the heart of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a young Trina Jones is fighting to break a vicious cycle of generational trauma. She has never known the luxury of being mothered the way other girls do. Instead, she stands as the sole anchor for her four younger siblings, shielding them from the fallout of their mother’s addiction.
Her only sanctuary is the love of her life, Joshua Johnson, a rising star quarterback at Rouge University. But trying to play the savior has Josh biting off more than he can chew. Trapped in a dangerous duality of his own, he is forced to split his time between his football career and hustling on the block.
When a collision of betrayals and life-altering crises shatters Trina’s fragile world, the very ground beneath her begins to split. The prayers she desperately clings to start feeling less like answers and more like the inherited curses of her mother.
Will Trina be the magnolia that grows out of the concrete, or will the pull of the streets prevent her from finding a way out of the struggle to save them all?
Her only sanctuary is the love of her life, Joshua Johnson, a rising star quarterback at Rouge University. But trying to play the savior has Josh biting off more than he can chew. Trapped in a dangerous duality of his own, he is forced to split his time between his football career and hustling on the block.
When a collision of betrayals and life-altering crises shatters Trina’s fragile world, the very ground beneath her begins to split. The prayers she desperately clings to start feeling less like answers and more like the inherited curses of her mother.
Will Trina be the magnolia that grows out of the concrete, or will the pull of the streets prevent her from finding a way out of the struggle to save them all?