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Stephanie Caddel comes to Alder Reach looking for Ben Rand, a missing colleague whose letter brought her to the settlement. Instead, she finds a warm cottage, a quiet man, and an eight-year-old girl who has already been told to call her Guardian.
Ten years after the collapse, Alder Reach offers everything the road cannot. Food. Shelter. A place at the table.
But Stephanie’s name is on a household ration card issued before she arrived. The child’s mother is gone. And the closer Stephanie looks at the records, the harder it becomes to tell where care ends and control begins.
What would you give for a place to belong—and who gets to decide the price?
Psychological suspense from USA Today bestselling author A. R. Shaw. The revised first book in the Borrowed Lives series.
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About the author
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ USA Today bestselling author, A. R. Shaw, served in the United States Air Force Reserves as a Communications Radio Operator. She began publishing in the fall of 2013 with her debut novel, The China Pandemic.
She continues the journey from her home in the Pacific Northwest alongside her loyal tabby cats, Henry and Hazel, and a house full of books.
