FROM AMAZON: Raised in a magnificent Charleston house, Jessie Roland wants for nothing. But as she grows into young adulthood, all she feels is loss and a desperate need to break free from the stifling possessiveness of her parents. Somewhere, in the deepest part of herself, Jessie believes that the world she has always lived in is not the one she came from...or belongs in.

Now, at 19, she has escaped to Washington, DC, where no one knows her, and where she is swept into a whirlwind marriage to a Texas senator's son. But the past will not release Jessie, who is still haunted by a sense of lost happiness, of simple, tender gestures buried in her memory. Only in Luke Holt, a reclusive rancher, will she discover the strength to penetrate the darkness, and find her way back to a place she can call home.

Interesting book although sometimes a little unbelievable. Nice ending. ( )

Maybe it's because I just gave birth to my daughter at the time. But I couldn't put this book down. This is a tad bit more intense than her other books. ( )

finders keepers by Fern Michaels
Jelly has returned and he's injured. The baby is not with him.
Grace's daughter, Hannah has been taken. The dog must've ran after
the car that took the girl.
She can't believe her girl isn't there, she sewed dresses for her and
knitted her sweaters for when she returned. 18 years later he gives her
an ultimatium: he's tired of working 2 jobs and same food every night, either
htey start spending some of the money or he's out of there.
She has a girl and is there when she goes to school every day giving her
a rose. She's got every toy that is on the market, when a new one arrives at the
store, one is delivered to her also. She's so spoiled, she wants coveralls, not frilly
dresses. She wants to fit in with the rest of the girls at school.
Hannah has nightmares about 'Jelly' and her mother has no idea what it's all about.
The parents discuss sending money to the people they took the little girl from.
They got their house back and she continues to make sweaters for her little girl, who would
be 18 now. They continue to get a yearly package of money, they put it in the toy box with the lock
to never be spent. They've got 2 boys now but she still grieves for her little girl. They have to
put the dog down also.
Jessie is on her way to NY after visitng with her best girlfriend in Atlanta. She is loving the
freedom and the travel. She makes it to DC and calls her best friend a change in plans is in the works.
Their schooling and careers go on til tragedy occurs and they pull together to get through it.
Liars and running away, private investigators, pregnant and deaths, overdose of pills and gardens.
She's so glad Sophie had done things, she was always so smart, she thought of everything.
Love how tying everything together, even the name of the book, great link up! ( )

This is a story of an unforgettable young woman who was stolen as a toddler from a poor but loving family, and who must journey through a maze of heartbreak before she can reclaim her true identity.