CASSANDRA KNIGHT
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Rooted in Blood
Root & Crown Book 1
A Steamy Sapphic Romantic Suspense
Kennedy Simone Langston was born into a legacy most people will never know exists.
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For generations, a hidden network of powerful Black families has operated beyond the reach of the public—protecting its people, building wealth, preserving knowledge, and carrying forward what their ancestors fought to create. At the center of it all is the Crown, and Kennedy has spent her entire life being prepared for the responsibility of one day carrying it.
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But legacy has a way of coming with a price.
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When a devastating betrayal threatens everything Kennedy has been raised to protect, she is forced to question the people closest to her—and the rules she has always been taught to trust.
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Including the woman she loves.
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As love, loyalty, family, and power collide, Kennedy begins uncovering secrets buried deep within the legacy she was born to inherit. Secrets that could change what she believes about her family, the Network, and the Crown itself.
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Because blood may tell you where you come from.
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It doesn't always tell you who you can trust.
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Rooted in Blood is the first novel in the Root & Crown trilogy—a steamy sapphic romantic suspense saga about love, power, family, betrayal, and the legacies we inherit before we are old enough to choose them.
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Debut Novel | Coming 2027​