It’s unfortunate that when a teenage girl goes missing, it’s usually believed that she’s a runaway. However, deadly expectations can come along with that false assumption…

Fifteen-year-old Hailey Jones wants nothing more than to feel safe and secure, but being raised by a strict mother makes her self-confidence worse. In a desperate attempt to escape the problems she’s hidden from her mother, she runs away from home. When the police learn that she’s a runaway, they assume she’s not in danger, and that alone leads to deadly consequences.

Veronica, Hailey’s mother, believes she is doing her best to raise her daughter. Although Hailey starts to do a few rebellious things, she chunks it up to her being a typical teenager. She’s so consumed with her bakery and speed dating to find the right man, she doesn’t notice her daughter’s cry for attention. She faces a mother’s worst nightmare once Hailey goes missing. While looking for her daughter, she begins to discover some of her Hailey’s deepest, darkest secrets that shakes her to a core.

Tatiana, a therapist for human trafficking victims and their families, has always taken her job to heart. Hailey’s story catches her attention and when she learns of her own personal connection to her, she reaches out to Veronica. She joins this mother on a quest to find her daughter, all while drawing the connections between some of her other clients. As her eyes begin to open even more, she realizes that if Hailey isn’t found soon enough, she’ll be upheld to some deadly expectations.

Name: Morgain
Review: This book makes you think and makes a hush hush topic very real. Being a mother you worry about your child being taken. This story makes you understand you can’t stop looking and to teach your children what to do if they are in the situation.

Name: Paula
Review: Hailey was a young girl who ran away due to her mom being stern but went through so much with her mom who was to focus on her self to see her daughter needed her.

Name: Amazon Customer
Review: Christina has birthed another winner with another excellent book highlighting human trafficking. Young Hailey is crying out for attention but her Mom is so busy with her own life, she doesn’t hear her. Great read!

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