The Bone Shrine: A Coming of Age Crime Drama Book One (The Shrine)

The Bone Shrine has been praised as both intimate and universal--a peek into the raw struggles of teen pregnancy and addiction injustice and forgiveness. The gripping crime drama sings with the spirit of Mary. Her teen sweetheart Joe longs for her the girl hes accused of drowning. Joe Gardner--a bright and promising kid--was a solid baseball prospect and involved with his towns big new museum. After a serious injury the teen slipped into the vortex of opioid and heroin addiction. On their star-crossed night by the Bone Shrine Joe stumbles on a stash of China White and inadvertently causes a major drug deal to go sideways. The moment he tries to sample the heroin Mary Quinns water breaks. When the healthy baby arrives Joe sees that the newborn couldnt be his.