Dear Emily
Author: Trudy Stiles
Released: December 8, 2013
Carly Sloan’s life was perfect until her security and innocence was torn from her. The vast repercussions from horrific events threaten to destroy her stability and her chances for a happily ever after. Kyle Finnegan comes into Carly’s life at the height of her turmoil. Can he help her find what she desires most?
Tabitha Fletcher has constantly suffered from a very young age. She has been hiding from her past, which was full of sadness, loss and abuse. She has been so brutally damaged that she has very little hope for redemption. The revolving door of men only leads her deeper into misery.
What circumstance brings these two women together and can they help each other heal? And will they each find what they need?
Redemption.
Love.
Family.
“Dear Emily” is the first book in the “Forever Family” series.
This book is not suitable for young readers. It is intended for mature adults only (18+). It contains strong language, adult/sexual situations, non-consensual sex and some violence.
**Teaser - Unedited and subject to change**
Copyright Trudy Stiles 2013
Dear Emily,
How do I start off a letter to a child I have yet to meet?
A child that has always been in our hearts?
A child that is meant for our family?
Your Daddy and I cannot wait for the moment we are able to hold you in our arms for the first time. To lay our eyes on your perfect face, eyes, toes. To breathe in the essence of a new baby, swirling scents of powder and linen.
We cannot wait to feel your beating heart against our chests and to listen to your slow and steady breaths. To hear your soft baby noises. To soothe your crying.
We have always dreamed of you, Emily. We’ve dreamed that someday our family would be blessed with a child. We are so close. Our new family is within reach.
We are here hoping, waiting, praying.
Love and kisses,
Momma
My eyes are glistening with tears as I scrawl my signature at the bottom of the letter, touch my fingers to my lips, press them onto her name and close my journal. I look over to my left where Kyle is softly snoring, sleeping soundly. I mouth the words “I love you” to him, touch his back lightly, put my journal in my night table drawer and turn out the soft light by my bedside. I curl my body into his, tuck my head into his chest and hold on tight.
I love this man with all that I am and I love the father that he is going to be.
My heart is full of hope.
Review: This was an unbelieveable book! I was so not ready for what was inside the pages of this one, that is for sure! Dear Emily starts out with a rape and ends in a shocking twist and everything in between will make you laugh, cry, fall in love, make you angry and break your heart. I absolutely loved it! We meet two women with two very different life paths in this book that somehow end up being each other's most important ally in life- Carly and Tabby. Carly's life is forever changed when she is 17 years old and raped as a freshman in college. Tabby is subjected to some not so great relationships that change how she sees herself as a person and a woman. Until they meet each other. You absolutely have to read this, no ifs, ands or buts. Read.It. I cannot WAIT for book two next Spring! Five stars times a million! <3 <3 Kellie
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