A Diamond with Scars
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Complete, First published Jul 09, 2020
Mature
In everyone's life, there is always a moment that changes everything drastically. Maybe you meet the love of your life. Maybe you lose someone dear. Or you have the worst accident that changes everything.

For Mark Drummond, a officer for the Chicago police department, that was the day he was shot. 6 years in the force, nothing prepares you for what happens on the day you are injured in the line of duty. Or worse. Mark not only was shot, he lost his leg and a large chunk in his arm. On top of it all, engaged to be married, fiance of 4 years,  leaves him when he needs her the most. 
Despite being as strong as he is, Mark is alone, in the worst pain, and struggling to accommodate his new life. Everything seemed hopeless until he started physical therapy and meets the perky occupational therapist, Anya Jones. She brings a smile to everyone in a room. Not only smiles, but she starts stirring deep emotions in the dying heart inside Mark's chest. The longer he spends with her, the more he finds out how similar they actually are. 

Having suffered a horrible accident herself as a teenager that left her paralyzed, Anya broke the doubt every doctor told her. They all told her she would never walk again, told she would never be able to live a normal life. All except one. Old Doctor Philmyer, an occupational/physical therapist pushed her harder than anyone would even try to do. Determination and will drove her to prove every doctor wrong. 3 years after her accident, Anya was walking, even running again. Her body had healed itself in a miraculous turn of events. But scars remained. Scars on her back and scattered over her extremities turned men off from her. Still she continued on, becoming an OT and working under the doctor who helped her she changed the lives of many others like herself. That's when she meets Mark, who gives her the biggest challenge yet. A chance at love...but he's her patient. A big no-no in the medical world.
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"If you love me, you won't leave me." Jessie has believed those words from her boyfriend, Josh, since senior year of high school. She loves him and doesn't want to leave him. Not even when he shouts at her and hits her. Jessie's best friend, Kolleen, can't stand seeing her in that situation. With a bit of convincing - and the worst beating she'd ever received - Jessie agrees to move into an apartment with Kolleen. But not long after, Jessie is scared the worst of her nightmares will soon become a reality. Josh goes missing, and suddenly Jessie would swear she's being followed. One night changes everything, and one person soon changes Jessie's outlook. A responding officer from that fateful night begins to seek her out, at first claiming it's part of his job. As she spends time with her new friend outside of his job, she starts realizing that her feelings are evolving. After being abused for over a year, Jessie is terrified she's falling in love. What's even more terrifying is that he might be, too. She isn't ready for love. Not yet. She makes up her mind that if he is falling, and if he does love her, he'll wait for her to be ready, and if she loves him, she won't let herself hurt him. Can the words that used to cage her in really be the key to her freedom? --- Featured On: @NA: Take a seat and let it be | Mature Content and 18+ reading list @NA: You deserve the world | Mental Health reading list Ambys Top Picks New Adult 2023