The First Step Swordheart with skin as pale as

with skin as pale as milk and blood red hair

she soon realizes determination alone isn’t enough to guard her heart

Inspired by first-time author Harshini Vankineni’s own experiences with colorism—the practice of treating people differently because of how dark or light their skin is—What Color Is the Baby

Ingrid White inherited the house and business from her beloved grandmother

that’s because they didn’t exist until John Koenig set out to fill the gaps in our language of emotion

The First Step Swordheart with skin as pale asLong Wu Ying never expected to join a Sect or become a real cultivator. His days were spent studying, planting rice on the family farm and spending time with his friends. Fate, however, has different plans for Wu Ying and when the army arrives at his village, he and many other members of the village are conscripted. Given the opportunity to join the Verdant Green Waters Sect, Wu Ying must decide between his pedestrian, common life and the exciting,