Not Yours to Keep

By Zelly Ruskin

Book Overview

SheKnows.com "The 19 Best Books We Read in 2024" * Zibby Awards Winner: Best Family Drama Category * Shelf Unbound 2024 Best Indie Books NOTABLE INDIE * 2024 Somerset Awards short list for Literary and Contemporary Fiction

Called a "sensational debut" by Rea Frey, this psychological thriller delves into themes of reproductive rights and healthcare, confronting the complexities that define family--or the risks that lose it all.

Billie Campbell, a Massachusetts adoption specialist grappling with fertility issues, dreams of adopting a baby, but not just any baby--her pregnant client's baby. While her longing threatens to send her down a dark path, her husband, Tyler, is keeping secrets: he's full of doubts about becoming a father, and he's also trying to figure out who is sending him upsetting anonymous texts and photos. On the other side of town, Anne, a woman scarred by childhood abuse, obsesses with a second chance at becoming a family with the two people she regrets ever having let go of: the baby she gave up for adoption twenty years ago and the man of her dreams.

Their lives become entangled when the client's newborn is abducted, and Billie becomes a prime suspect.

Amid the chaos unleashed by the abduction, Tyler uncovers a link between the person tormenting him and the abduction--but now Billie has disappeared too. The race to find both her and the baby is on; but will they find them before it's too late?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 164742724X
• ISBN13: 9781647427245
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: She Writes Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.4"