Genre:
Women’s Fiction
Description:
“How
far would you go to keep your child safe?
Saraya Matthews knows that at thirty two years old, life should look better than this. With no spark and no passion, she decides enough is enough. She is going to find her purpose and stop wasting her life away.
Saraya Matthews knows that at thirty two years old, life should look better than this. With no spark and no passion, she decides enough is enough. She is going to find her purpose and stop wasting her life away.
Little
does she know, her purpose will come in the form of an orphaned baby
boy whose mother has been gruesomely murdered on the streets of
London.
Saraya finds herself in a battle between what's legal and what's morally right. The authorities expect her to hand him over, but baby Flynn needs her. Saraya is surprised to discover that once she lets herself love him, she can't turn back.
Saraya finds herself in a battle between what's legal and what's morally right. The authorities expect her to hand him over, but baby Flynn needs her. Saraya is surprised to discover that once she lets herself love him, she can't turn back.
Flung
full force into the unexpected position of mother and protector, she
realises she will do whatever it takes to keep her baby safe in her
arms.
But will she succeed?
But will she succeed?
A tale of unconventional adoption and the immeasurable strength of a mother's love.”
Author:
“Sam Vickery is
an author, illustrator, and lover of all things creative. She writes
YA fiction, children's picture books and books on natural parenting.”
Visit Ms. Vickery’swebsite to find out about new book releases, discounts, and free
books or follow her on Facebook.
Appraisal:
A young
woman has taken to the streets to escape her abusive husband. She
steals and begs to survive always careful to protect her ten month
old son, carried next to her breast in a sling. When she is brutally
murdered, Saraya Matthews — a boring and bored thirty-two year old
office worker — grabs the baby and runs.
This is the
story’s premise and I thought it a good one. How would Saraya
handle her decision with so many practical reasons why she shouldn’t
have done what she did, and yet with many emotional reasons why she
did.
In the
main, the novel kept me turning pages. The writing is tight and easy
on the eye. The speed with which Saraya and the baby connected was a
bit of a stretch, but I was willing to go along. However, once officialdom
became involved, I found the direction taken by the plot rushed and
difficult to believe. I’m not familiar with adoption and police
procedures in the UK, but I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t have
taken the approach portrayed in the story. So, for me, the tale
didn’t end as well as it began.
Format/Typo
Issues:
Very few.
English spelling and locations.
Rating:
**** Four Stars
Reviewed
by: Pete Barber
Approximate
word count: 40-45,000 words
