Finding Home — Casey Dawes

A single mother with an Asperger's child works to escape her past and keep her daughter safe in this women's fiction set in Montana. "Intriguing, strong well-developed characters." Samantha Deveaux escaped a brush with drug addiction as a teen, only to wind up pregnant by her still dealing boyfriend at nineteen. Now she's ready to launch her plan to achieve safety and security for herself and her Asperger's daughter, Audie. Step one? Achieve tenure in whatever town will hire her. The small town of Choteau, Montana fits the bill.But Choteau may not be as easy to leave as Samantha is planning. A horse named Misty, a rancher named Jarod, and a community of people who are more than willing to reach out and help, challenge her assumptions about small-town living and what true safety really means. Samantha needs to learn some hard truths about acceptance and belief in her family, ex, and other people before she can reach a point of finding home.Finding Home is a sweet story about a woman who needs to learn to trust again, set against the reality of small-town life in Montana. If you enjoy women's fiction with strong characters and romantic elements, you'll enjoy this book.Buy Finding Home to the world of a small town on the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana. (It can be read as a standalone.)