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A Southern literary thriller, co-written, about 34,500 words of buried secrets, family ties, and the truth that always finds its way to the surface.<\/p>[\/et_pb_cta][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/therudewayz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trespass-cover.jpg” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”right” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ admin_label=”Project 03″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”50px|||” custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”5%||5%|” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Number” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”Montserrat|on|||” text_text_color=”#016994″ text_font_size=”80px” text_line_height=”1em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”bottom” animation_intensity_slide=”20%” global_colors_info=”{}”]
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A children’s book set at Rudee Inlet in Virginia Beach – two seagulls who meet, bicker, and figure out that two are better than one. For readers 7 and up.<\/p>[\/et_pb_cta][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/therudewayz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sal_sugar_scene1_meeting.png” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”right” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ admin_label=”Project 04″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”50px|||” custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/therudewayz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/lion-butterfly-nose.jpg” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”left” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”5%||5%|” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Number” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”Montserrat|on|||” text_text_color=”#016994″ text_font_size=”80px” text_line_height=”1em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”bottom” animation_intensity_slide=”20%” global_colors_info=”{}”]
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A fable about a lion and a butterfly, for the young and the young at heart – a story about the difference between being mighty and being kind.<\/p>[\/et_pb_cta][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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