num_pages: 271
description: A forced sentence leads to a reckless passion.HadleyWhen my husband walked out on me over a year ago it devastated me. When the divorce papers came it killed me. When we had to sell our house it broke me. But then he moved in with his new flavor of the month and told our daughter his new woman wasnt into children. That pissed me off.Now Riley feels abandoned and I cant make it better; no matter how hard I try. Im desperate to help her adjust to the loss of a male figure in her life. The companion program that matches adults up with children who have loneliness and abandonment issues is my last hope. The counselors tell me hes doing community service hours and I ask to sit in on his meetings with Riley. The minute I see him astride the matte black Harley I know neither my nor Rileys life will ever be the same again.TrickCommunity Service. Two words I should be thankful for but Im not. I resent the hours its away from building my business. The two previous kids I'd been paired up with didnt work out because their mothers were more interested in getting in my bed. This next match with a little girl is my last hope. Unless this kid works out Im destined to serve time.When they push her into the room wearing pink converse with a black dress her crazy curls barely held back by the barrette in her hair and studious glasses on her face I can tell shes scared - of new people of change of being pushed aside. Something inside of me breaks and I want this girl to feel wanted again.What Im unprepared for is meeting her mom. The second our hands touch there are fireworks bright lights and a picture of the future I could one day have. The future Ive never allowed myself to wish for.Community service becomes more than a chore more than time I resent for being taken away from me. In the months that follow I realize theyre just like me: theyve been abandoned left behind by the world forgotten by those who should love them.Thanks to the one last hope in both our lives - we found the light in the darkness wed been searching for.
language: English
title: Trick
publisher: Laramie Briscoe Books