Love Neglected

She was his wife. He just forgot to love her. Claudia Kingston spent eight years standing beside a powerful man who slowly stopped seeing her. In his world of ambition, influence, and control, she became invisible...until the night she realized she no longer recognized her place in his life. So she did the one thing he never expected. She left. No warnings. No second chances. Just divorce papers and silence. Lucas Kingston has built an empire on control and winning. But nothing prepares him for losing the one woman who never asked for anything… except to be loved out loud. Now she’s ...

Ruth was a ghost of a girl when she arrived into foster mother Maggie Hartley's care. Pale, frail, and withdrawn, it was clear to Maggie that Ruth had seen and experienced things that no 11-year-old should have to, that she's been conditioned to "see no evil, speak no evil". Ruth is in desperate need of help, but can Maggie get through to her and unlock the harrowing secret she carries? Through love, reassurance, and patience, Maggie starts to unravel Ruth's painful past - a past defined by cruelty and abuse.

At just 10 years old, Kirsty has already suffered a lifetime of heartache and suffering. Neglected by her teenage mother and taken into care, Kirsty thought she had found her forever family when she is fostered by Pat and Mike, who she comes to see as her real mum and dad. But when Pat has a heart attack and collapses in front of her, Kirsty's foster family says it's all her fault. They blame her temper tantrums for putting Pat under stress and they don't want Kirsty in their lives anymore.

Ruth was a ghost of a girl when she arrived into foster mother Maggie Hartley's care. Pale, frail and withdrawn, it was clear to Maggie that Ruth had seen and experienced things that no 11-year-old should have to, that she had been conditioned to 'see no evil, speak no evil'. Ruth is in desperate need of help, but can Maggie get through to her and unlock the harrowing secret she carries? Through love, reassurance and patience, Maggie starts to unravel Ruth's painful past.

She was invisible in her own marriage. He was a ghost who'd never been seen. Megan Hartwell has spent eleven years being the perfect wife—raising three children, managing a pristine Dallas home, and pretending not to notice that her husband stopped seeing her years ago. She fills her days with lists and routines, her nights with silence, and tells herself this is what marriage looks like. She's almost convinced herself it's enough. Then she starts to feel something in her house. A presence. A warmth in empty rooms. The sense that someone is finally, impossibly, watching. Eli Navarro died ...

At just 10 years old, Kirsty has suffered a lifetime of heartache. Neglected by her teenage mother and taken into care, Kirsty thought she had found her forever family when she was fostered by Pat and Mike. But when Pat has a heart attack and collapses in front of her, Kirsty's foster family say it's her fault. Kirsty is still reeling from this rejection when she comes to live with foster carer Maggie Hartley. She acts out, smashing up Maggie's home, and even threatens to hurt the baby boy Maggie has fostered since birth.

When grief leaves Claire alone, it’s the scent of lilacs—and a small boy with big blue eyes—that begin to heal her heart. Six weeks after losing her beloved husband, Claire is adrift in a world that no longer makes sense. Her days are orderly but hollow—until an unexpected visitor appears in her backyard, drawn by the lilacs Claire planted years ago. Tommy, a precocious seven-year-old with a difficult home life, stirs something in Claire that she thought was gone for good: purpose, connection, and love. As their unlikely bond deepens, Claire must decide how far she’s willing to go...