Because It Is My Blood

A Young Adult Romance Novel by Gabrielle Zevin

Book 2 of the Birthright Series

Subgenres & Tropes:

Crime Romance,
Second Chance,
International Setting,
Criminal Underworld

Published 2012

Length 365 pages

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This book is for you if you're into...

Heroines fighting to escape their family's criminal legacy
Stories where a criminal record haunts every decision
Plots that take you from gritty city streets to chocolate's birthplace

Publisher Description

It Is My Blood is the second stunning novel in Gabrielle Zevin's Birthright series.

Since her release from Liberty Children's Facility, Anya Balanchine is determined to follow the straight and narrow.

Unfortunately, her criminal record is making it hard for her to do that.

No high school wants her with a gun possession charge on her rap sheet.

Plus, all the people in her life have moved on: Natty has skipped two grades at Holy Trinity, Scarlet and Gable seem closer than ever, and even Win is in a new relationship.

But when old friends return demanding that certain debts be paid, Anya is thrown right back into the criminal world that she had been determined to escape.

It's a journey that will take her across the ocean and straight into the heart of the birthplace of chocolate where her resolve--and her heart--will be tested as never before.

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