This is an alternate cover edition of ASIN B07PNRFNMV From the Kindle All-Star Award-winning author of Sweet Hollow Women, this is the childhood story of Veloura from The Woman America Loves a Latte. Veloura is off to a rough start in life. While her parents aren't often there for her, the kindness of strangers, friends, and teachers helps to make up for what she's missing at home, and opens her eyes to the vast potential in the world around her and within herself. This book is the prequel to stand-alone thriller The Woman America Loves a Latte.