Yearling — Ann Hunter

A new year has come to North Oak, and with it a new life for Alexandra Anderson. Still haunted by Ashley's brutal death, Alex worries she won't seem grateful if she's unhappy. To make it worse, Promenade has been nominated to the Keeneland Yearling Sale. She's going to lose everything… again.
It's too painful to let love in and easier to be angry at the world for her abusive past than to let it go. Easier to put up walls so no one knows she's hurting. Will Alex be able to open her heart to others when its still battling personal demons? Or will she go so deep into herself that no one can reach her?
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EXCERPT:
“I should be happy,” Alex sighed. “These folks, they're real nice. For the first time in my life, I'm wanted. Well, they say that they want me. I almost feel needed sometimes. I don't have to steal food anymore, or run away from what I've done, I've even got a warm bed. But the fact is… when I think of Ashley, I just want her back and nothing else. I want a life she exists in. And wanting that… it spoils what I have. I feel so ungrateful when I think of the life we could have made if we ran away from Haven together like we planned. I feel ungrateful because I would rather have a life on the streets with Ashley than a warm bed and you. I mean who in their right mind wants something like that? There's something wrong with me.”