New Releases by Casey Watson

”Vi är hungriga”, gnällde den äldsta pojken om och om igen. ”Vi är hungriga, Justin. Snälla Justin, ge oss något att äta.” Det fanns ingenting. Det fanns det aldrig. Ändå gick han ut i köket och letade. I skåpen, i lådorna. I den smutsiga kylen. Han kände tårarna komma. Och ilskan. Han tittade på sina småbröder, på deras hoppfulla ansikten. Vad skulle han ge dem att äta? Vad skulle han göra? Justin var bara fem år, hans bröder var två och tre. Deras heroinberoende mamma hade lämnat dem ensamma och hungriga. Senare samma dag togs Justin om hand efter att ha försökt bränna ner familjens hus. Sex år senare, efter många misslyckade familjehemsplaceringar, kommer Justin till Casey och Mike som är specialiserade på att ta hand om barn som råkat riktigt illa ut. De gör sitt bästa för att välkomna Justin men han verkar ha bestämt sig för att inte ta emot deras omsorg. Han får våldsamma utbrott över skolkamrater och familjemedlemmar och vägrar acceptera deras vänlighet. Men detta visar sig bara vara toppen på isberget. Ett besök hos Justins mamma avslöjar mörka problem som Justin aldrig har pratat om. Först när den hemska sanningen om Justins tidiga barndom avslöjas kan Casey och hennes familj äntligen börja förstå hur mycket han har lidit.

A neuf ans, Sam est un petit garçon autiste ayant de graves problèmes de comportement. Violent avec lui-même et avec les autres, il hurle tel un animal et n''a aucune notion du bien et du mal. Au point que même son frère et sa soeur ont peur de lui. Sam a été retiré de sa famille biologique, sa mère ayant été jugée inapte à s''en occuper à cause de ses propres problèmes mentaux. Lorsque Casey Watson accepte d''accueillir ce petit garçon dans sa famille, elle est loin d''imaginer qu''elle va devoir faire face au cas le plus difficile de sa carrière de mère d''accueil. Peu à peu, Sam livre les secrets de sa souffrance. Et quand il demande à être enfermé dans une cage, Casey comprend que pendant des années, le petit garçon a vécu un enfer de maltraitance et de sévices. Progressivement, elle va tenter de l''aider à surmonter un sombre secret et à reconstruire sa vie... La terrible histoire vraie d''un petit garçon traumatisé par les adultes.

Just when Casey thinks her foster care duties are done, she’s asked to look after Sam, a troubled nine-year-old with a violent streak who drove his previous guardians to release him of their care. It soon unfolds, however, that this is no simple case.

Part 3 of 3 Just when Casey thinks her foster care duties are done, she’s asked to look after Sam, a troubled nine-year-old with a violent streak who drove his previous guardians to release him of their care. It soon unfolds, however, that this is no simple case.

Part 2 of 3 Just when Casey thinks her foster care duties are done, she’s asked to look after Sam, a troubled nine-year-old with a violent streak who drove his previous guardians to release him of their care. It soon unfolds, however, that this is no simple case.

Part 1 of 3 Just when Casey thinks her foster care duties are done, she’s asked to look after Sam, a troubled nine-year-old with a violent streak who drove his previous guardians to release him of their care. It soon unfolds, however, that this is no simple case.

A moving collection of 6 short stories – Helpless, A Small Boy’s Cry, Two More Sleeps, Unexpected, Just a Boy and At Risk – previously available as individual e-shorts.

A BOY WITHOUT HOPE is the heart-breaking story of a boy who didn’t know the meaning of love. A history of abuse and neglect has left Miller destined for life’s scrap heap. But in this turbulent story of conflict and struggle, Casey Watson is determined to help Miller overcome his demons, show him love and give him hope.

A BOY WITHOUT HOPE is the heart-breaking story of a boy who didn’t know the meaning of love. A history of abuse and neglect has left Miller destined for life’s scrap heap. But in this turbulent story of conflict and struggle, Casey Watson is determined to help Miller overcome his demons, show him love and give him hope.

Collection of 5 short stories – The Little Princess, No Place for Nathan, Daddy’s Boy, The Wild Child and Scarlett’s Secret – previously available as individual e-shorts.

It’s late on Friday night when Casey’s mobile starts to ring. She is expecting it to be her daughter Riley. But it isn’t Riley. It’s a woman from the Emergency Duty Team. So begins Casey and Mike’s latest fostering challenge – a fifteen-year-old girl called Keeley who’s run away from her long-term foster home 25 miles away.

It’s late on Friday night when Casey’s mobile starts to ring. She is expecting it to be her daughter Riley. But it isn’t Riley. It’s a woman from the Emergency Duty Team. So begins Casey and Mike’s latest fostering challenge – a fifteen-year-old girl called Keeley who’s run away from her long-term foster home 25 miles away.

It’s late on Friday night when Casey’s mobile starts to ring. She is expecting it to be her daughter Riley. But it isn’t Riley. It’s a woman from the Emergency Duty Team. So begins Casey and Mike’s latest fostering challenge – a fifteen-year-old girl called Keeley who’s run away from her long-term foster home 25 miles away.

It’s late on Friday night when Casey’s mobile starts to ring. She is expecting it to be her daughter Riley. But it isn’t Riley. It’s a woman from the Emergency Duty Team. So begins Casey and Mike’s latest fostering challenge – a fifteen-year-old girl called Keeley who’s run away from her long-term foster home 25 miles away.

Fourteen-year-old Adrianna arrives on Casey''s doorstep with no possessions, no English, and no explanation. It will be a few weeks before Casey starts getting the shocking answers to her questions.... Brought to Casey as a short-term emergency placement, fourteen-year-old Adrianna arrives with nothing but her gratitude. Having ''turned herself in'' to a social services office some hundred miles away, she has no possessions, no English and, apparently, no history - not that she''s willing to share, anyway. She is a beautiful young Polish girl, with the bearing of a ballerina, but is terrified, malnourished and unwell. And, having slept rough for some time (the little they do know about her) she spends much of her first days with Watsons asleep in bed. Growing concerned about Adrianna''s wellbeing, and her persistent high temperature, Casey decides to call in the GP. But, to her surprise, Adrianna becomes almost hysterical about being examined and, given her refusal to talk - even via the interpreter they''ve brought in for her - Casey''s fostering antennae begin twitching. Where has she come from? And why is she so terrified to be touched? What has happened to make her so ill and scared? It will be a few weeks before Casey starts getting answers to these questions. Shocking answers; ones that throw up a whole host of new questions and the beginnings of a journey to find justice for Adrianna, and, more importantly, a future, and a home...

‘I’m so sorry, Casey,’ my link worker John said, sounding weary. ‘I know this is probably the worst time I could ring you, but we desperately need someone to take a child tonight.’

‘I’m so sorry, Casey,’ my link worker John said, sounding weary. ‘I know this is probably the worst time I could ring you, but we desperately need someone to take a child tonight.’

‘I’m so sorry, Casey,’ my link worker John said, sounding weary. ‘I know this is probably the worst time I could ring you, but we desperately need someone to take a child tonight.’

‘I’m so sorry, Casey,’ my link worker John said, sounding weary. ‘I know this is probably the worst time I could ring you, but we desperately need someone to take a child tonight.’

Adam is a fragile and anxious boy whose relationship with his mother starts to unravel. His mother is seen as ‘wonderful’ and ‘devoted’ to Adam who she works hard for, but all isn’t as it seems.

Fourteen-year-old Adrianna arrives on Casey’s doorstep with no possessions, no English, and no explanation. It will be a few weeks before Casey starts getting the shocking answers to her questions....

Fourteen-year-old Adrianna arrives on Casey’s doorstep with no possessions, no English, and no explanation. It will be a few weeks before Casey starts getting the shocking answers to her questions....

Fourteen-year-old Adrianna arrives on Casey’s doorstep with no possessions, no English, and no explanation. It will be a few weeks before Casey starts getting the shocking answers to her questions....

Fourteen-year-old Adrianna arrives on Casey’s doorstep with no possessions, no English, and no explanation. It will be a few weeks before Casey starts getting the shocking answers to her questions....