When foster mum Louise takes in little Abby, her challenging behaviour soon turns the household upside down. How can one six-year-old unleash such a whirlwind of emotional and physical devastation? Louise is about to discover the darkness of incest, rejection and abuse in Abby's past. The second story in the 'Thrown Away Children' series.
Money isn't enough to paper over the problems when a wealthy family falls apart at a shocking pace. This is a foster-caring experience like no other, and one which tests Louise's emotional strength to the core.
Foster care expert Louise has trouble on her hands from the first moment that 5-year-old Billy Blackthorn comes to stay. It is only as Louise begins to uncover the secrets of Billy's dark past that she begins to understand what made his family 'untouchable'.
The memoir chronicles Louise Allen's traumatic experiences in a foster home during her abusive childhood. It highlights her resilience and determination to overcome her past. Now a foster parent herself, she advocates for better foster care services, aiming to correct the injustices she faced and provide a nurturing environment for vulnerable children. Through her journey, Allen emphasizes the importance of healing and the transformative power of compassion.
A marriage of inconvenience For the buttoned-up Duke!
Stella is just like a tiny bird. This is my first impression of her. A quiet little sparrow of a girl. In her brand new series 'Thrown Away Children', Louise Allen shares the harrowing stories she is exposed to as a foster mother. The first in the series, Stella's Story, tells the astonishing true story of a young girl scarred by an abusive past.
An unconventional friendship Could ruin their reputations...
Rumors fly that Gareth Morant, Earl of Standon, is to be wed. He cannot honorably deny them, but he won't be forced into marriage.Encountering a respectable governess in scandalizing circumstances, Gareth demands her help--to make him entirely ineligible.He educates the buttoned-up Miss Jessica Gifford in the courtesan's arts. But Gareth hasn't bargained on such an ardent, clever pupil--or on his passionate response to her He wanted to cause a stir--it seems they are about to brew a scandal
Louise is called up again to step in and help young Sky. From the author of the foster care series - Thrown Away Children - comes a new challenge and a precious life to save.
Her mother’s two marriages have left Bree Mallory between two worlds. Her half brother is a viscount, her own father was a yeoman farmer who founded a flourishing stagecoach company. Bree is content to run the Challenge Coaching Company – until an accident of fate throws her into her half-brother’s world of high society, and the company of Max Dysart, Earl of Penrith. But can their growing love overcome the dark shadows of his past and her conflicts of loyalty?
