Is a deathbed a peacemaker?

We were inspired to write our debut novel, Color Struck, in hopes of encouraging diversity: getting to know a person by their character and not by what they look like or where they come from.

How many people do you know overlook or mistreat others, but are ready to make peace when sickness or death occurs?

Book Summary:

"A deathbed shouldn't be the peacemaker in this family."

Fifteen-year-old Renee Steele never understood what Pa-Pa's words meant, until she’s caught in the middle of a growing battle between her two older cousins. She fails at her attempts of keeping peace
between them. Their clashing attitudes, regarding skin tone, trigger a
sensitive nerve in their Grandma Bell, who detects trouble returning from the grave.

The division between her granddaughters prompts Grandma Bell to share a little family history. Her narrative begins with how she secretly courted their Pa-Pa, “Buck Steele”. After they elope, Grandma Bell
finds out that Buck has no money and they have to live with his parents. Father
Steele makes it clear that Grandma Bell doesn’t meet his standards. Her
newlywed dreams turn into her worst nightmare, as she begins her married life
as the despised daughter-in-law. Grandma Bell’s presence and her peculiar eyes
do more than anger Father Steele…they haunt him.

A thread of the past is thrown into the girls’ contemporary lives, uncovering a family secret that entangles them in a heartrending web. Will they be able to break free, before the deathbed claims
them, too?

You're invited to read a first chapter excerpt of this heartrending novel at www.pamelamtuck.com