Love Will Follow — Bettye Griffin

In addition to a busy pediatric practice, Prentice Blake also serves as staff physician for the Lake County, Illinois, Child Protective Services. It is up to him to decide whether children's injuries are from legitimate accidents or stem from neglect or abuse...the latter two of which will result in removal from the home environment. His deep longing for children of his own makes it especially difficult to see mistreated children, and he finds one case particularly troubling...

Four-year-old Sienna Simmons suffered second and third degree burns after pulling down a pot of hot water on herself, under somewhat mysterious circumstances. Sienna's father, Steven, flew out to the West Coast on business the very next day, leaving her mother, Tierney, to answer Prentice's questions...and he's sure she's not telling him the whole story.

An unexpected event paired with learning more about the facts of the case leads to a discovery that has a profound effect on the doctor who thought he's seen it all…