"In the fragile first hours of Rainey's life, hospital doctors and nurses fight to keep her alive. Several months later she is released into her parents' custody where the baby is forced to live on neglect and tainted breast milk. Constrained in her home, infested with drug addicts and drifters, Rainey's drug-addicted parents leave little hope for her protection." -- back cover

A sister's vow that can't be broken. First came the shocking story of Rainey Paxton being born addicted to heroin, and the sacrifices she made to accommodate her parents' reckless lifestyle. Now comes the terrifying, extraordinary novel that picks up after ainey's release from juvenile detention. With no money, and lost in a section of North Philadelphia dominated by gangs and violence, Rainey won't accept that it may be too late to save Ivy. Instead,...

A child with no parents. An evil foster mother. A runaway with nowhere to go. With no family, Joon is sent to live in a foster home. After years of cruel treatment, she decides to run away and live on the streets. Now homeless and vulnerable, twelve -year-old Joon finds herself alone again. Even after a group of homeless teens takes her in she can't be sure who to trust and quickly learns that safety on the streets comes at a price. Can Joon survive...

Emma was unloved from the moment she was born. Her earliest memory is being severely beaten by her father, Pepper Murphy, when she was just eight-years old. Seething with resentment over the sacrifice of his dreams for a woman he cares little about and children he never wanted, Pepper chooses to blame his older daughter. Her mother, Valerie, makes matters worse with her verbal abuse, leaving Emma isolated with a man that had no boundaries in punishing...