Librarian Note: Alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B00RI56JYQ. Beckett was smaller than most boys his age growing up. This caused him to have little to no self-esteem while faced with the physical abuse he endured from the hands of his mother. His best friend Harlow, who’s not only beautiful but tough as nails has been there for him since first grade. Unforeseen circumstances separated them with promises of always keeping in touch. Reminders of a friendship left behind, possessions taken away only lead to a friendship that was once the center of Beckett’s world. Ten years later Beckett’s turned into a man with confidence and the self-esteem he needs to search for Harlow. The only problem is; she’s off grid. After graduating high school, he finally grew. Even after ten years, Beckett never went a day without thinking of Harlow, every decision he ever made, was made with her in mind. With the support of not only his boss, but friends the dig deeper to find her. The only problem is the unknown. This story is about lost loves, best friends and second chances.

In this mature romance about lost loves, best friends, and second chances author S.M. Stryker brings you the second installment of the Second Chances series. Loving Redemption can be read as a standalone. Never having a family to call his own Toby Mitchell was a child caught up in the foster system, always being shuffled from one home to the next until he was old enough to join the Marines. Until a job ending injury forces him out of the only family, he's known. Raven Whitehorse, raised without a mother had always felt that there was a conspiracy behind her mother's disappearance. After running away from home at sixteen to try to find her mother, the search for her mother hits a dead end. After landing a job with a new software company, she meets Toby Mitchell the owner of a security firm that her new boss has hired. Toby, wanting to put closure to his childhood, sets out to find his mother, the drug addicted woman that didn't care enough about her own child to seek the help she needed. Toby feels that without this closure, he can't move forward in his relationship with Raven. Raven needs to find her mother to see if the rumors were true and what really happen the day she disappeared. Was she the scared teen that could handle the pressures of new motherhood, was she blackmailed to leave or worse.

Have you ever found the love of your life and then lost them over a misunderstanding? Have you ever had a dream just at the tips of your fingertip and it slips between them, lost forever. Have you ever had a dream ripped out of your hands only to be given another dream a dream you were never expecting. You never think you will love again, but life thinks differently. Then life throws you two more curve balls. All Charlie ever wanted to do is play softball in college. She had worked all her life for that one dream and she finally made it. The only thing was it was on the other side of the country. So, she did what she needed to do to keep her dream alive. However, when she refused to party and drink with her teammate she was accused of not being a team player, but there was no way she would do anything to jeopardize her scholarship. And for the first time in her life she met someone, her first love, her soul mate. Carson was always on his own his parents had other priorities that didn't include Carson. Carson was a genius, graduating at sixteen; he decided to travel the USA. He looked and acted more like a California surfer than a computer nerd he was. He never believed in relationships, who needs the drama, he was a manwhore through and through. That is until he ran into Charlie; Char was different, she was special and he knew it from the start. They were inseparable spending all their free time together. That is until the misunderstanding happened.