That was the first thought that came to my mind when I held my baby in my arms at seventeen. I didn't care that my parents had already promised to give her to a wealthy family. That they were forcing me to give her away.
She was mine.
I ran away from that hospital, from that family, from the only life I knew. I planned to start over with what little money I had, determined to make something of myself despite the odds.
Then Logan Tate came along.
Gorgeous and controlling, he claimed he was trying to help me, and he didn't care that I was just another teenage pregnancy story.
But I don’t trust him. I don't trust anyone. And if Logan knew the real secrets and lies I was keeping inside, he wouldn't dare try to shelter me.
3.5 Stars
Review by Nicole Lorenzo
When 17 year old Mia fled the hospital with her newborn
daughter she had nothing but her meager savings and no planned destination. She
knew the only way she could keep Lily was to flee from her parents and ugly
past and stay hidden until her 18th birthday. Deciding on
Pennsylvania, Mia finds a small apartment and a job at a daycare center so she
can work and have Lily taken care of as well. She’s trying her best but she
can’t help but doubt her ability to raise Lily alone.
“I have
to believe that a life with me is better for her than any life she could have
had without me.”
When Lily gets sick, Mia takes her to the Emergency room and
that’s where she meets Officer Tate. Logan Tate is a 24 year old police officer
who takes an immediate interest in Mia and Lily. When Mia’s apartment gets
burglarized Logan doesn’t feel safe leaving them there so he insists on taking
them home with him and he won’t take no for an answer. Mia like’s Logan but she
doesn’t trust easily, but fearing Lily’s safety she agrees to temporarily stay
with Logan. Being in close proximity to Logan stirs something in Mia she’s not
familiar with. She tries to fight her growing attraction to Logan, but his
kindness towards her and Lily makes it very hard for her.
“There
were no promises made between us, no vows of love or lust, but still there was
something there. A sliver of attraction, an invisible pull drawing us together
and for now it’s enough.”
The longer Logan and Mia spend time together the more they
realize that there is no avoiding the growing attraction between them. They
decide to try having a real relationship, but take it slow. It’s then that
Logan realizes that Mia was running from more than her parents wanting her to
give up Lily. Mia knows she’s in love with Logan, but that scares her. She
wonders if Logan will wake up one day and realize that it’s all too much.
“…..you’re
here, you’re with me and you and Lily are safe. And when it comes down to it, I
want you, I want you both, I want you to be mine.”
Things for Logan and Mia are going great until one day a
ghost from Mia’s past shows up at the door and threatens everything that she
loves. Not even Logan may be able to protect her and save Mia and Lily from a
past they had no control of. Will Logan’s plan to have a happily ever after
with Mia and Lily be thrashed by demons from her past?
“You
helped me, you saved me, you saved Lily.”
Shelter you is a sweet story about a young girl with a
terrible past who flees with her newborn right into the arms of her very own
Prince Charming. Mia is so strong. To have endured what she did and then to
have the courage to take her daughter and go at such a young age is remarkable.
This is what Logan sees when he meets her, and he knows then that he must
protect her at all costs. I enjoyed this story but I did feel that everything
fell into place a little too quickly and easily for Mia. Their story is heartwarming
and although there are some sad moments, they do get their happily ever after.
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