Frederick, Paulette, and McKinley Baldwin have always been a family of "onlys" in their town of Hickory Grove, North Carolina. An only son... married to an only daughter... blessed with a one and only child, McKinley. Paulette is determined her son will want for nothing, least of all a mother's love and attention, which her own skin color cost her as a child. But, all her striving leaves her husband on the outside looking in. Frederick still struggles with the theft of his grandpa's land all those years ago, and he aims to get it back, no matter what it takes. He doesn't count on his marriage becoming a casualty of his personal war. McKinley's doing his best to stand on his own two feet, even though he had to run away to Philadelphia to do it. The last thing he wants is to walk in his father's troubled footsteps at George & Company. Yet, that's exactly where he finds himself, on a tortuous path of his own design. As the Baldwins dredge up the past, they discover that their history is only skin-deep, while their faith takes them right to the heart of things. And, it's there they must learn to temper justice with mercy-and that God's love is the only family tie that binds.
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