Upon Elise Norris's 30th birthday she makes her decision
to become a mother. Using a sperm bank, a beautiful
daughter is delivered 3 weeks before the due date and 45
miles from her home where she was attending a craft fair.
After the safe delivery of Gracie she receives a sedative
to help her rest only to awaken hours later to be told her
baby died of a heart ailment. Unable to fathom her perfect
little daughter gone she returns to her home in Lagniappe,
Louisiana back to her job of staff photographer at the
local newspaper.
Fourteen months later Elise attends grief support meetings
at the church where she meets a raven haired Jared Coleman
who lost his wife 9 months ago leaving him with an adopted
5 month old baby girl. A deep connection is felt between
Jared and Elise and they support each other over
their losses. When Elise becomes suspicious she goes
online to inquire of others losing a baby at birth and
stumbles into an investigation of human trafficking and
black marketing of babies. On an internet chat
room "MysteryMom" responds, deeply involved in a case of
uncovering the black market and agrees to help Elise.
Getting too close to the truth, an attempt is made on
Elise's life and prompts her to accept Jared's offer of
protection and they give in to earth shaking sex.
Much heartache and thought was portrayed in this short
story of the grief and loss of an infant. Putting this story
down is not an option until the last page has been read. It
will strike the
heart of a mother and requires a handful of tissues!
Elise Norris wants nothing more than to be a mother. Her joy
turns to agony when newborn baby girl Grace dies
mysteriously—before the single mom could even say goodbye.
But grief-stricken Elise can't shake the feeling that the
final chapter of Grace's story isn't yet
written….
As he
works through his own tragic loss, widower Jared Coleman and
his one-year-old daughter become captivated by Elise. But
while investigating the strange circumstances behind
Grace's
death, their new friend teeters close to an explosive
secret. Can Jared protect her—or is he in over his head in a
desperate life-or-death struggle?
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