Emma Chase

This book is about friendship, love and deadbeat dads. It is about
strength, courage and the will to survive in a world that can be unjust.
Her life is turned upside down by the one man who should have protected her from it all. Emma
is a survivor. Her father, who has taken off to avoid paying his debts
to a well known drug dealer, has kept her down her entire life and she's
learned enough from living in his world to take care of herself,
because no one else will.She finally gets her shot at
love when she meets the handsome and protective Braden Holt, only to be
forced to turn her back on him to protect him from her father's enemies.Tragedy
strikes and Emma has to decide if she is going to do what she always
does, build up walls to shut everyone out, or pick herself up with the
help of her friends and the man who loves her.