A few days ago, she’d taken the plunge and emailed her birth father. Within a few hours, a reply had popped into her Inbox from her father—Hunter Thorne.
Her real father. Not some wannabe fake like Darrin McHale. Not some jerk who would marry the stepmother from hell, knock the lady up, then make his daughter live by her rules.
“His name sounds so cool—Hunter Thorne. Like some lion out on the savannah. Or a detective in some old black and white movie. Is he hot?”
Abbie squeaked. “Gross! He’s my father! Besides, I don’t know what he looks like.”
“What do you know about him? Or about your birth mother?”
“I know he’s some hotshot firefighter who jumps out of planes into burning forests and stuff. I Googled him and found a bunch of articles about him, but I couldn’t find anything on my birth mom. In one of his emails he said I must look like my mom because she has red hair and freckles, just like me.” She indicated her long, straight red hair, twisted in two messy braids. “But he hasn’t seen my mom yet. There wasn’t any contact information in the adoption agency’s files, and I guess they lost touch in high school after she had me. He’s gonna drive to where they grew up, some lame town in California called Meadowview, and see if he can find her.”
“Oh, God, that’s so exciting!” Bay said, twirling around in the office chair.
Abbie smiled. Her fracked up world was no longer falling apart. She had a dad who wanted her. And a mom who was out there somewhere who would want her just as much. She had a family. A real family.
All she had to do was escape from her adoptive father and her new stepmother, Ember, and then go find her real parents. She rolled her eyes. It wasn’t as if getting away would be difficult—they never even noticed her. With Ember’s pregnancy, Abbie had become invisible.
Until she’d found her father. Hunter Thorne, that is. Hunter had noticed her. And so would her birth mother, Liz Pritchard.
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Liz wants to forget the past but Hunter wants to face it head-on. When these two meet after all those years apart, anything could happen. Click to purchase Claiming the One to go on a heart-wrenching and emotionally satisfying journey. Hope you enjoy!
Copyright © May, 2014 by Rochelle Davisson
Bloomfield Publishing
This book was previously published as “Grace on Fire” by Elle Amery, copyright 2008, Ravenous Romance, and has since been significantly revised.
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