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Ruth Anne Boatwright, an illegitimate young girl, dreams of escaping her home and the unwanted attentions of her abusive stepfather.

Growing up in an abusive Midwestern family, Ruby, who is gifted with a sixth sense that allows her to know her own fate, escapes to seek out her soulmate.

The struggle to build an authentic identity lies at the heart of Astrid’s life as a foster child after her mother kept Astrid isolated from the world.

Carrie Parker and her little sister concoct a plan to run away from their abusive environment but their escape is shockingly thwarted.

After years of rescuing children, Alan Carmichael begins to doubt his decision to intervene after the boy on a recent mission is safe.

Twenty years after her military father is forced to choose between loyalties in the wake of a local murder, Madeleine begins to understand the case’s implication and launches a search for the killer.

Kenzie Lowe, who is scarred by her alcoholic father’s rages and abuse, visits him in the hospital where he is dying and comes to terms with her past.

When his failing health prompts him to hire an assistant, reclusive author Joshua Siegl recruits Alma, unaware of her tortured past and the hatred stirring within her.

Fourteen-year-old Tangy Mae tells of the brutal physical and mental abuse that her mother inflicts on her and her ten siblings.