Excerpt from Where the Light Enters by Sara Donati, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

There was no time for polite suggestions. She said, "Your brother-in-law's people, are they here in the city?"

The corner of his mouth pulled down. "I'd rather see it dead."

Sophie drew back. "This is an innocent child we're talking about."

He shook her admonition off. "If it's born alive it will have to go to an orphan asylum. Unless you want to keep it."

Sophie had just spent two days caring for a woman who could not survive, who carried a child who might live but would be rejected by anyone who had the right to claim it as family. The idea of taking this child to raise as her own was an impossibility, regardless of her own feelings: no court would give her custody of a white child.

"One thing at a time," she said. "Do you want to save this infant?"

The look he shot her was equal parts anger and resignation. "If my sister survives a trip to a hospital, yes. Save the child, if you can."

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