Sam is an Autistic ten year old girl with a very high IQ and a fixed mindset of a thirty year old. She hates her food touching and refuses to touch anyone but one person. Her 17 year old brother, who protects her against the worst of the world, well at least tries to. Charlie works two jobs to give Sam everything she needs to succeed in life, every text book and every museum trip he can fit in. At the Museum one day, he recognises someone from his past. They don't know about Sam and he wants to keep it that way. He knows about their dark business and he has tried so hard to keep Sam innocent from the world. Will Charlie be able to keep Sam in the dark forever? Or will this someone show up, finding out they also have a little sister?

Forest Edwards is always running. Either literally, because of his dog, Fletch; running to escape his tiring work life; or, well, running away from the possibilities of love. But when Natalie Dayholt, together with her dog, Bailey, waltzed into his life on a Saturday morning, Forest soon realised that love wasn't something he wanted to run away from any longer. But loving her proved to be difficult, because Natalie seemed to take a step away from him every time he took one forward. ----- [NOVEL : ongoing] started: 12/12/19 best rankings: #94 in friendship #9 in dog #1 in animal shelter