a Stolen Life

Amelia Nettleton has struggled to overcome her childhood trauma and finally has a chance to lead a normal life a life with a husband and a family. But a recurring nightmare haunts her: she dreams of a baby crying for its mother…a baby that may be hers, and was stolen from her.

Security consultant Rachel Anderson has three big problems. 1. The priceless gem she's providing security for has disappeared. 2. If anyone looks into her background, they'll discover she was once a thief. 3. The person who has the gem knows exactly who she is… Because he's the man who raised her, and trained her to be a cunning thief. She'd fled and made a new life for herself, determined to use her unique skills for good. But to retrieve the stolen gem and keep everything she's fought for, she's got to turn the tables and prove the student is now the master.

When Janice Morgan, a divorced college professor living in a small town in Kentucky, learns that her son has been arrested for possession of a stolen firearm and drug charges, she feels like she's living a nightmare. Dylan's turbulent period as a college student in Cincinnati before this should have warned her, but it's only now that she realizes how far he has drifted into substance abuse and addiction. As Dylan passes through the judicial system and eventually receives a diversion to drug court, Morgan breathes a sigh of relief—only to find that she, too, has been sentenced right along with him.