{"product_id":"the-calling-paperback-12","title":"The Calling - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTeresa D. McCoy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStephanie T. T. McCoy\u003c\/b\u003e (Cover Design by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKerry leaned forward, a serious expression stealing over her face. \"Something told you? You mean like a calling sort of thing?\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow much does fate work in our lives? How much do our ancestral roots determine who we are? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKerry Carter is on a mission to answer these questions. Prompted by her late father's unfinished research of lost family history, the young Social Studies teacher takes a year of absence to travel to England. It a dual-purpose trip: to gather classroom material for her focus on English culture and to search out her own bloodline. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKerry's friends are skeptical, as Kerry has never traveled outside North Carolina. She's also known to be a bit of a klutz, both physically and socially. But Kerry is determined. She feels compelled, as if an important purpose is calling her from across the ocean. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKerry's search leads her to wild and beautiful Cornwall, whose eighteenth-century history is ripe with smuggling and piracy. Could this dark and daring history be hers by way of her ancestors? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way Kerry's strengths and weaknesses are tested, and this leads her to a deeper sense of self-awareness. She also finds friendships, adventure, intrigue...and Merrek Walles, a darkly handsome young Cornishman with an old soul. Their first encounter sparks a recognition of sorts, and their relationship quickly deepens. Together they uncover a two-hundred-year-old mystery and make an ancestral discovery that binds them even more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut will history repeat itself and tear Kerry away from the man she loves and the family roots and homeland she has finally found?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 338\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 06, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42190973534343,"sku":"9781734582802","price":17.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/80d3b75c72cb2387af19cee803d901ff.webp?v=1733907817","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-calling-paperback-12","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}