Finding Hope - Softcover

Symonds, Shannon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1706999089 ISBN 13: 9781706999089

Publisher: Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

She’s hiding in her present.With nothing but her guitar and a few belongings, Hope Flanagan escapes the abuse and negligent from her mother’s boyfriend. Hope’s lucky enough to find a warm exhaust vent in an alley of her coastal town and blessed with help from a coffee-shop employee who sees her desperate situation. But Hope is determined to stay under the radar from social services and the other homeless kids, who seem to go missing once they fall under the notice of the local homeless tough girl.She’s hiding from her past.Grace James works with the police to help survivors of abuse while desperately fighting to keep her own family safe from her vindictive ex-husband. News of her husband’s release from prison pushes her to accept help from the handsome and secretive Officer Joe Hart. But then her mother brings home a stray from her coffee shop, and Grace finds herself catapulting through her fears to do for Hope what she just might not be able to do for herself—find out who she really is to save her before it’s too late.

About this title

About the Author

Shannon worked for 15 years as an Advocate serving survivors of abuse. Shannon lives in a small coastal town in Oregon where she works, writes, and runs by the sea. She loves her massive extended family, six children, and well... everyone she calls family. She is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She is an expert bonfire builder and s'more maker. She believes we can change the world one heart at a time and every small act makes a difference.  She is a survivor, broken, and has come to feel that in the breaking she became what God intended. She will tell you, "Love really is the answer, it always was, and it always will be." shannonsymonds.com/

From the Back Cover

She's hiding in her present.

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With nothing but her guitar and a few belongings, Hope Flanagan escapes the abuse and negligence from her mother's boyfriend. Hope's lucky enough to find a warm exhaust vent in an alley in her coastal town and blessed with help from a coffee-shop employee who sees her desperate situation. But Hope is determined to stay under the radar from social services and the other homeless kids, who seem to go missing once they fall under the notice of the local homeless tough girl.

.

She's hiding from her past.

.

Grace James works with police to help survivors of abuse while desperately fighting to keep her own family safe from her vindictive ex-husband. News of her husband's release from prison pushes her to accept help from the handsome and secretive Officer Joe Hart. But then her mother brings home a stray from the coffee shop, and Grace finds herself catapulting through her fears to do for Hope what she might not be able to do for herself--find out who she really is to save her before it's too late.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1706999089
• ISBN 13: 9781706999089
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 258
• Editor: Rector Lisa