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2024.
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Lark Smith's life plan unravels with a failed relationship, a career setback, and her parents' divorce. Dr. Lorenzo Santini, seeking a date for his sister's wedding, proposes a fake relationship with Lark. Despite initial intentions, Lark finds herself drawn to Lorenzo's warm family, especially his estranged brother. Simultaneously, her mom forges an unexpected bond with her flamboyant landlady, Joy. As the summer unfolds, the women navigate uncertainties...
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Solenne Bonet is DoS--a Descendant of Slave--and has always known that her destiny would be in the service of men. At school, it is what she has been trained for, waiting for an algorithm to assign her to a white man, one of the thousands who sign up to be contract holders. She knows that there are girls who hope to be more than Maid or Mammy, who whisper about how they will get a white man to sign their freedom, how they will be sweet, but not sweet...