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Most days it's manageable. No more than a quiet wondering around the edges of her mind. What has become of the baby she left behind? Smiling through the pain and suffering in silence, Leslie Laudon marches forward. Embracing the life skillfully designed by her husband Paul. Living right could be penance for an impossible choice made with an uneasy heart. Dutiful and anchoring, Leslie poured herself into her other children. Nurturing them through infancy, protecting them as toddlers, guiding them as teens. As her youngest child heads off to college with her suitcases and coordinating dorm room accessories, so goes Leslie’s identity. The chaotic life of a busy working mother threatens to become dangerously quiet. Quiet enough to hear the voices she’s tried to silence for decades. Gwen Fox was adopted by two perfect people. Noel and Millie have always treated her the same as their two biological sons. Her parents love is strong and unwavering, yet a soul-deep ache still lingers. Plagued by an unnamed, hard to explain, longing Gwen could never shake. Riddled with doubt and dragged down by the undertow of unanswered questions, Leslie and Gwen both find their lives suddenly upended. One seeks the truth about the day she was born. The other seeks herself, the woman she was before motherhood. Before she made a choice to leave a piece of her heart lying asleep in the hospital nursery. In this complex journey for answers, blame is abundant. Guilt is thick enough to choke on. Marriages are brought to the brink of disaster. As the ripples of the past vibrate through their lives, Gwen and Leslie realize there is no turning back. What they have put into motion cannot be stopped. The road toward the truth will be littered with casualties.
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Writing is a way to make a lot of different people do exactly what you want them to do. When I can’t get my toddler to listen to me, I turn to my characters. They always cooperate! I currently live in Charlotte, North Carolina with my husband and seven year old son. I have perfected the ability to write in a noisy house and create story lines while folding laundry. Ten Things to know about me:
- I have a fear of whales. All whales. The noise they make. The sight of them (even on tv). I don't think this phobia has a name and I've never met anyone else who feels this way. I blame it on the 3D movie when I was 7 at the Boston Museum of Science. (Thanks Dad.)
- When I get hungry it brings out the worst in me. My friends and family know to keep me well fed. They pack snacks now.
- I can cook but not bake. Not even a little. Not even a box of brownies.
- If there is a song I like it is normal to hear me listening to it a hundred times (give or take) in a row.
- I do not, under any circumstances, read directions. Who has time for that? Making mac & cheese by the seat of my pants for the last 25 years.
- Like a black-out drunk, I have lost hours of my life mysteriously to Pinterest. If you haven't tried it yet... don't. Save your self.
- Before I became a mother, lots of things grossed me out. Now nothing does.
- My favorite food is food... my least favorite food is no food. I love food. (apply the same rule to wine)
- I do not have a green thumb. I have the kind of thumb that kills any type of plant ever given to me. Whatever kind of thumb that is... I have it.
- Writing has changed my life. Not just the career it's created but the way I feel when I write. If you have something you love to do I hope you get the opportunity to do it. Piper Anderson Series: Book 1: Chasing Justice (FREE) Book 2: Cutting Ties Book 3: Changing Fate Book 4: Finding Freedom Book 5: Settling Scores Book 6: Battling Destiny Book 7: Chris & Sydney Collection (Choosing Christmas & Saving Love) Betty's Journal - Bonus Material (suggested to be read after Book 4 to avoid spoilers) The Edenville Series: Book 1: Flowers in the Snow (FREE!) Book 2: Kiss in the Wind Book 3: Stars in a Bottle Book 4: Fire in the Heart (pre-order) The Clover Series: (Book 1 & 2) Half My Heart & Change My Heart (FREE) (Book 3) All My Heart (Book 4) Facing Home The Rough Waters Series: Book 1: The Goodbye Storm(FREE) Book 2: The Runaway Storm Book 3: The Rising Storm The Barrington Billionaire Series Book 1: Fierce Love (Free) Book 2: Wild Eyes Book 3: Crazy nights Book 4: Loyal Hearts The Piper Anderson Legacy Mystery Book 1: Three Seconds to Rush (Free) Book 2: Just for a Heartbeat Book 3: Not just an Echo Stand Alones: Yours for the Taking Sweet Rendezvous Running from Shadows
