Eighteen-year-old Carina Dekker is abducted and raped while jogging, then discovers she is pregnant. Retreating from the world into the apartment of Jove, the young man who loves her, she battles nightmares, self-blame, a criminal trial, and cold, distant parents. As she wrestles with the choice to abort, keep, or place her baby for adoption, a Book of Mormon and two missionaries lead her toward unexpected peace. A tender, harrowing story of survival, forgiveness, and hope. A wrenching survivor's story built around a real statistic: one in six women A pro-life adoption narrative that never feels preachy A patient, devoted hero readers will fall for—Jove Quiet conversion woven naturally into a trauma-recovery arc “Nobody had a right to hurt you this way, Carina. Don't you believe for one second that any of this was your fault.” Perfect for readers who wants an emotionally intense, faith-affirming story about surviving sexual assault and choosing adoption and hope.
