When love and blood become the same thing, can a family survive the truth?Thomas Mitchell lost everything in the Civil War: his father, his mother, and the infant sister he abandoned in a desperate bid for survival. Twenty years later, he's built a new life in Charleston as a respected businessman, but the ghosts of his past still haunt him.Then Elizabeth Ashford walks into his shop, and Thomas's carefully constructed world begins to crumble. She's beautiful, intelligent, and everything he's been searching for. There's just one problem: the birthmark on her shoulder, the timing of her adoption, and the diary his mother left behind all point to an impossible truth.Elizabeth is his sister.Thomas faces an agonizing choice: tell Elizabeth the truth and lose her forever, or pursue the love he's dreamed of while committing the ultimate sin. He chooses love and silence. For fifteen years, they build what seems like a perfect marriage, raising their children and creating the family Thomas thought he'd lost forever.But secrets this dark never stay buried.When their daughter discovers the diary that reveals everything, the Mitchell family must confront a truth that challenges every moral certainty they've ever held. Can their love survive biological impossibility? Can their children forgive the circumstances of their conception? And is redemption possible when the only way forward means embracing what society condemns?From Angel Mukhiya comes a devastatingly honest exploration of love, sin, and the resilience of family bonds that refuse to break even when they should.Sin or Destiny is an emotional family saga that asks the hardest questions about the nature of love, the weight of truth, and whether some choices are beyond forgiveness... or whether family means fighting for each other no matter the cost."An unflinchingly honest examination of moral complexity, forbidden love, and the strength it takes to survive impossible truths. Not for the faint of heart, but profoundly moving for those brave enough to read it."Content Warning: This novel contains themes of incest (unknowing initially, then conscious choice), family trauma, and complex moral situations that some readers may find disturbing. Recommended for mature readers prepared to engage with difficult subject matter.