Sold at Fourteen, Left in the Snow

I was sold at fourteen, a child bride traded for cash, forced to raise a stranger’s baby in a world that never wanted me. Every kindness I found was fleeting—until betrayal and heartbreak left me and little Holly out in the cold, abandoned by the only family we had. Now, as secrets unravel and old loves return, I must fight to save the girl I raised as my own—even if it means facing the ghosts of my past and the brutal judgment of a small town. When the world turns its back, how far will a mother go for the child she loves? And in the frozen darkness, will anyone come to save us before it’s too late?