Torn: A terrified girl. A shocking secret. A terrible choice.

Torn: A terrified girl. A shocking secret. A terrible choice.
Rosie Lewis

Experienced foster carer Rosie Lewis faces a battle to uncover the dark family secret that is tearing a family apart.Rosie is used to looking after children from difficult home situations, but she finds herself struggling when she agrees to take in Taylor and her younger brother, Reece, for a short while. Taylor tries desperately not to fit in, to be the tough young teen that she has had to become, making it clear that she cares about nothing and no-one, while Reece is just desperate for someone to love him. Rosie finds herself battling an unknown monster in their past, as social media and the Internet become a means to control and manipulate the siblings while in her care. And then a more sinister turn of events causes Rosie to dig into their past, desperate to discover the truth before her time with them is over and they must be returned to their family.

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Contents

Cover (#uafae5032-3dec-5010-a629-eaad64ca75fc)

Title Page (#ulink_5240ed3a-ca9e-5705-ba7f-c0e421cd7095)

Copyright (#ulink_d7406f52-5f54-5ab2-bdde-cfd386e461e8)

By the same author (#ulink_9fe602a0-023a-55d4-87f0-b837b24c1c81)

Prologue (#ulink_86f32a7c-77f4-5b2d-b4b3-a63618a4dfe8)

Chapter One (#ulink_fc6a5e1d-9013-5ae7-b73a-b539e5302ffa)

Chapter Two (#ulink_b738cfeb-b5fa-5344-b87e-76754fd99f0c)

Chapter Three (#ulink_c1386dc2-5bbf-51d2-a727-9f39d848d906)

Chapter Four (#ulink_5cb99252-ad6d-592a-a1d2-5c0c3fff6e5d)

Chapter Five (#ulink_01ee6917-23b5-528e-84f1-de57c08d5947)

Chapter Six (#ulink_200a1469-22d5-5027-bc2d-a16594fee42c)

Chapter Seven (#ulink_ae2f8eb4-4a9b-5a32-a9aa-792de7cc5a34)

Chapter Eight (#ulink_6f64346e-5b64-5e87-87fe-4d9d407d0a64)

Chapter Nine (#ulink_b891b5f0-66b2-5c96-afae-cf57287bae12)

Chapter Ten (#ulink_34bfb541-191f-5be4-bb49-ed403fb9397e)

Chapter Eleven (#ulink_57a7b9c3-a46c-50ea-af37-ff02bb76fa66)

Chapter Twelve (#ulink_702d51b9-9c65-57e7-93d8-d2e036e8c265)

Chapter Thirteen (#ulink_e7133215-7c15-52ce-9877-bf14d59e376d)

Chapter Fourteen (#ulink_ce9259ad-e587-5fbc-9b46-443ff91ca216)

Chapter Fifteen (#ulink_5f29ba57-e94d-591b-8124-942561d77c6f)

Chapter Sixteen (#ulink_f532a9e9-b4e3-590b-b9fd-37f67e51af54)

Chapter Seventeen (#ulink_39317c08-39f4-55f2-bf92-b6818cd05d79)

Chapter Eighteen (#ulink_0d56d44e-16df-5a3a-ac82-1376be61f75d)

Chapter Nineteen (#ulink_462dfe8b-9478-5ea9-a9b6-8bdaeff8175f)

Chapter Twenty (#ulink_61463598-956e-5dd1-9c52-fa00f75e6e48)

Chapter Twenty-One (#ulink_09755910-e373-5128-b5ba-f22047b0f031)

Chapter Twenty-Two (#ulink_87b41355-b5a1-5474-a410-ee8fbb1054a6)

Chapter Twenty-Three (#ulink_36355dc6-5492-5d56-b3bc-547e517eb314)

Chapter Twenty-Four (#ulink_52ade5ae-e3c9-5f27-b97e-00569a7797df)

Chapter Twenty-Five (#ulink_f1ed8e1f-3ae6-5922-87b9-b709dd81b011)

Chapter Twenty-Six (#ulink_6057f739-3216-5f7b-a131-fa3d723eff53)

Epilogue (#ulink_589423e3-77ff-5b40-a2c3-7118f9a59127)

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