When she becomes physically and emotionally abusive to her own children, Irma Miller, struggling with her own childhood trauma, reaches out to her friend Doretta for prayer and wisdom, learning that to save her family, she must admit she needs professional help.

After being rejected by Anastasia Steele, Christian Grey attempts to regain her trust while also dealing with the consequences of his past sexual relationships.

Seth Quinn is finally home. Its been a long journey. After a harrowing boyhood with his drug-addicted mother, he'd been taken in by the Quinn family, growing up with three older brothers who'd watched over him with love. Now a grown man he returns home from Europe as a successful painter. There have been many changes since he'd been gone--and the most intriguing change of all is the presence of Dru Whitcomb Banks ...

Plagued by traumatic childhood memories, crime reporter Sawyer Brooks still struggles to gain control of her rage, her paranoia, and her life. Now, after finally getting promoted at work, she is forced to return home and face her past. River Rock is where she'd been abandoned by her two older sisters to suffer alone, and in silence, the unspeakable abuses of her family. It's also where Sawyer's best friend disappeared and two teenage girls were murdered....

"When bestselling romance author Jacob Churcher returns to Salt Lake City to settle his estranged mother's estate, a young woman arrives looking for her birth mother who lived with Jacob's family during her pregnancy. They discover a diary written by Noel and begin a quest to find her, reconcile their pasts and rewrite their futures"-- Romance author Jacob Churcher hasn't been home for almost twenty years, since his mentally ill mother kicked him...

"Emily and Elizabeth spend their childhood locked in a bedroom and terrorized by a mother who drinks too much and disappears for days. The identical twins are rescued by a family determined to be their saviors. But there's some horrors love can't erase... Elizabeth wakes in a hospital, strapped to her bed and unable to move or speak. The last thing she remembers is finding Emily's body in their bathroom. Days before, she was falling in love and starting...

Mary Claire has always hidden. During the week, she feels like every other child-but on Fridays, she slowly becomes invisible. Hiding is how she remains safe. At ten-years-old, Mary Claire begs God to take her father away, but someone else has plans for him. Years later, Claire Stanton struggles with the secrets of her past. After her daughter becomes sullen and angry, she fears history may be repeating itself, and she takes matters into her own hands,...

From her earliest years, Trace turned away from her abusive mother toward her loving father. Within the twisty logic of abuse, her desperate love for him took on a romantic cast that persists to this day, though she's had no contact with her family since she ran away from home years ago. Alone but for her beloved dog, she's eked out an impoverished but functional existence, living in an abandoned house, putting herself through college, and astonishing...