The Cost of Sin: Borne by the Innocent, (Paperback)

<b>A piercing historical coming-of-age novel that exposes how silence, faith, and family shape a young girl's understanding of truth. <i>The Cost of Sin</i> delivers the emotional force of a classic American saga with a sharp, modern eye.</b> <p><b>A family torn apart by faith. A child's fierce love that refuses to break.</b> </p><p>In 1905 Utah, five-year-old Myrtle's world shatters when her grandfather, a stern Mormon bishop, declares her parents' marriage sinful--because it wasn't sealed in the temple. When violence erupts and tragedy strikes, Myrtle and her siblings are scattered across a unforgiving landscape of rigid doctrine and desperate survival. </p><p>Decades later, Luke arrives in Salt Lake City to meet his fiancée Sally's grandmother, Myrt, whose stories reveal a childhood marked by loss, resilience, and quiet rebellion. Through Myrt's unflinching memories--of a father's fatal shame, a mother's mysterious death, and the siblings torn from her arms--Luke discovers a family legacy built on sacrifice and the devastating price of living outside the lines of faith. </p><p><b>The </b><i><b>Cost of Sin</b></i><b> is a biographical historical saga of love tested by doctrine, innocence confronting cruelty, and the enduring power of storytelling to heal the deepest wounds.</b></p>

• The Cost of Sin: Borne by the Innocent, (Paperback)
• Author: Histria Fiction
• ISBN: 9781592117987
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-09-01
• Page Count: 250