PART 2 OF 3

 A family with a dark secret. A child who refuses to speak. Rosie must help her before it's too late.

 Nine-year-old Caitlin has a secret, but she cannot tell anyone about it. When her mother is sectioned under the Mental Health Act she and her three siblings have to go and live with her grandmother Julie and grandad Ryan.

 Caitlin finds her new living conditions challenging: cat poo on the carpet, rubbish everywhere and the constant stare of her grandad - she retreats more and more into herself.

 When foster carer Rosie Lewis meets Caitlin she knows something is deeply wrong with this little girl, who is withdrawn, afraid and refuses to speak. Rosie decides to take her in, but Caitlin's silence continues, and Rosie knows she must act.

 Why is Caitlin so afraid to speak?Could it be that the family has a dark secret?One that is so shocking it can no longer be hidden?

Silenced: Part 2 of 3 - The shocking true story of a young girl too afraid to speak

PART 1 OF 3

 A family with a dark secret. A child who refuses to speak. Rosie must help her before it's too late.

 Nine-year-old Caitlin has a secret, but she cannot tell anyone about it. When her mother is sectioned under the Mental Health Act she and her three siblings have to go and live with her grandmother Julie and grandad Ryan.

 Caitlin finds her new living conditions challenging: cat poo on the carpet, rubbish everywhere and the constant stare of her grandad - she retreats more and more into herself.

 When foster carer Rosie Lewis meets Caitlin she knows something is deeply wrong with this little girl, who is withdrawn, afraid and refuses to speak. Rosie decides to take her in, but Caitlin's silence continues, and Rosie knows she must act.

 Why is Caitlin so afraid to speak?Could it be that the family has a dark secret?One that is so shocking it can no longer be hidden?

Silenced: Part 1 of 3 - The shocking true story of a young girl too afraid to speak

Nine-year-old Archie and his five-year-old sister, Bobbi, are taken into emergency police protective custody after an incident of domestic violence at their family home.

 Rosie collects the children from their out-of-hours foster carer on New Year's Day and instantly recognises Archie from a domestic violence workshop she helped with. Rosie remembers that when asked what he enjoyed most about the course, Archie said: 'the biscuits'.

 Social workers are concerned that Archie and Bobbi have been neglected. As Rosie gets to know the children, she begins to suspect that something far more disturbing lies in their past.

 Archie, jovial and polite, bats away Rosie's attempts to talk to him about anything serious with witty one-liners and sophisticated distractions. Bobbi reacts violently, lashing out and throwing herself around. Rosie has never seen a child as young a Bobbi behaving so viciously, but it is Archie she is most concerned about as the weeks go by.

 After a worrying incident at school, Archie tearfully discloses the truth - a shocking secret that has left him and his sister traumatised. Horrified at what she learns, Rosie is determined to help the young siblings find a forever-home that will provide them with the love and care they deserve.

Broken - A traumatised girl. Her troubled brother. Their shocking secret.

Broken: Part 3 of 3 - A traumatised girl. Her troubled brother. Their shocking secret.

Broken: Part 2 of 3 - A traumatised girl. Her troubled brother. Their shocking secret.

A dramatic and heartwarming story from foster carer, Rosie Lewis.

 Ellen, a 28-year-old office worker is so shocked by the sudden birth of her baby that she abandons the newborn in hospital. Foster carer Rosie Lewis begins visiting baby Hope in hospital, then a week later she is released into her care.

 At first Rosie struggles to understand how any mother could abandon a small baby, but when Ellen begins daily visits with Hope, Rosie sees a young woman traumatised by a dark secret. Rosie wants to help the young woman and the baby in her care and must fight to bring them together.

Unexpected: A True Short Story

Phoebe, 9 ans, est autiste. Un jour, son comportement laisse penser à son institutrice que sa vie, dans une confortable maison de la classe moyenne, n'est pas aussi agréable qu'il y paraît. Les autorités sont alertées et la jeune fille est placée dans une famille d'accueil. Rosie Lewis, qui l'accueille chez elle, cherche à la comprendre. Phoebe a un comportement étrange, s'infligeant des mutilations et proférant des menaces de mort. Rosie réussit progressivement à apprivoiser la jeune autiste qui, malgré ses difficultés pour communiquer, commence à se dévoiler. Pendant neuf ans, Phoebe a subi des sévices extrêmement graves. Au point d'avoir développé ou accentué son autisme comme un rempart à ses cauchemars quotidiens. Elle ne pouvait rien dire à personne : l'histoire vraie d'une jeune autiste abusée.

L'enfant qui n'existait pas

Trapped can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts.

 This is PART 3 of 3 (Chapters 24-35 of 35).

 You can read Part 3 on release of the full-length eBook and paperback.

 The first in a series of highly anticipated new titles from foster carer Rosie Lewis.

 Phoebe, an autistic nine-year-old girl, is taken into police protection after a chance comment to one of her teachers alerts the authorities that all might not be what it seems in her comfortable, middle-class home. Experienced foster carer Rosie accepts the youngster as an emergency placement knowing that her autism will represent a challenge - not only for her but also for the rest of the family.

 But after several shocking incidents of self-harming, Pica and threats to kill, it soon becomes apparent that Phoebe's autism may be the least of her problems.

 Locked for nine years in a secret world of severe abuse, as Phoebe opens up about her horrific past, her foster carer begins to suspect that Phoebe may not be suffering from autism at all.

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