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Sheltered
My sister just left her newborn on my doorstep.
With a note that read, “I love you. I can’t come back. Please take care of her.”
My ex walked out three months ago and took all of the savings it took me seven years to build.
I have forty-one dollars in my bank account, and I don’t know how I’m paying for rent this month.
I was supposed to go on a date with a firefighter tonight, but when he showed up at my door, I told him I had to cancel.
He’d brought his daughter with him, because she wanted to meet me.
He looked down at the newborn in my arms, and her tiny hand curling around my finger.
He lifted her from my arms, kissed the top of her head, and with his other arm, pulled me in close and kissed my forehead.
His little girl tugged on his coat and whispered up at him, “Daddy, does she not have a mommy either?”
He looked down at his daughter, then back at me, and growled,
“She does now.”
With a note that read, “I love you. I can’t come back. Please take care of her.”
My ex walked out three months ago and took all of the savings it took me seven years to build.
I have forty-one dollars in my bank account, and I don’t know how I’m paying for rent this month.
I was supposed to go on a date with a firefighter tonight, but when he showed up at my door, I told him I had to cancel.
He’d brought his daughter with him, because she wanted to meet me.
He looked down at the newborn in my arms, and her tiny hand curling around my finger.
He lifted her from my arms, kissed the top of her head, and with his other arm, pulled me in close and kissed my forehead.
His little girl tugged on his coat and whispered up at him, “Daddy, does she not have a mommy either?”
He looked down at his daughter, then back at me, and growled,
“She does now.”
239 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 2, 2026
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Displaying 1 - 9 of 9 reviews
July 9, 2026
After reading Claimed, I decided to give Sheltered a try, and I'm so glad I did. This talented author has a wonderful way of drawing readers into the story with compelling characters, heartfelt emotions, and engaging storytelling. The writing flows effortlessly, and I found myself invested from the very first chapter. I would definitely recommend this book to my retired husband—I think he'd really enjoy the engaging story and well-developed characters. I can't wait to read more from this author.
August 20, 2026
Story is good, 4.5 stars definitely needs a proofread.
The story is good. The writing structure needs work. The proofreading was never done or done poorly. Tenses are just wrong. It's sometimes like broken English. Paragraphs are repeated more than once. Timelines don't always match, facts within the story don't always match. Not so horrible it's unreadable but bad enough it's annoying.
I'd give the story 4.5 stars, the writing 2.
The story is good. The writing structure needs work. The proofreading was never done or done poorly. Tenses are just wrong. It's sometimes like broken English. Paragraphs are repeated more than once. Timelines don't always match, facts within the story don't always match. Not so horrible it's unreadable but bad enough it's annoying.
I'd give the story 4.5 stars, the writing 2.
July 13, 2026
I really liked the storyline to this book. I do not, however, understand how it made it to kindle unlimited with all the grammatical errors. This book would have been 5 stars if it was properly edited. It was super annoying but I was determined to finish the story. I will not read anymore from this author until the editing improves, it is not worth the stress.
October 12, 2026
It was a lot.
She was trauma with a suprise baby. He was trauma with a daughter. They lived in a town that cared. It shouldn't have worked, it should have been insipid and made me crazy. It didn't. I liked the possibility of a guy who just was a good one. I like that she was scared but willing to give it a try. Good conversation about postpartum depression and mental health. And, I will always stay for a good love story with some decent writing.
Yeah.
She was trauma with a suprise baby. He was trauma with a daughter. They lived in a town that cared. It shouldn't have worked, it should have been insipid and made me crazy. It didn't. I liked the possibility of a guy who just was a good one. I like that she was scared but willing to give it a try. Good conversation about postpartum depression and mental health. And, I will always stay for a good love story with some decent writing.
Yeah.
August 17, 2026
Written by AI
Cute story. Written by AI though. All the verbs were written in the wrong tense and it was a distraction. (Once or twice, even 5x, no big deal. Every single one?? People don’t talk like that.) had to skip to the end.
Cute story. Written by AI though. All the verbs were written in the wrong tense and it was a distraction. (Once or twice, even 5x, no big deal. Every single one?? People don’t talk like that.) had to skip to the end.
July 4, 2026
Another wonderful masterpiece by Zoe Crew. I loved it!!!
August 22, 2026
The storyline was good. But the amount of grammatical errors, ridiculous. Almost dnf. But I needed to know how it was ended.
August 23, 2026
cute story
This is a nice story but it is filled with grammatical errors. It was hard to read at times because of it.
This is a nice story but it is filled with grammatical errors. It was hard to read at times because of it.
August 30, 2026
Book needs much better proofreading
Story line was good but the proof reading or editing was horrible to the point where it made the story line confusing on occasion.
Story line was good but the proof reading or editing was horrible to the point where it made the story line confusing on occasion.
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