I Just Wanted to be Loved: A Boy's Heartbreaking True Story of Abuse and Betrayal (Child Abuse Series: Betrayal Book 1)

Brian is a young boy who experiences an incredible amount of abuse at the hands of his biological father as a toddler. He is removed from that environment by his estranged mother only to be abused by her a few years later when she started showing symptoms of bipolar illness.
The chaos of his mother’s mental illness has him passed from foster family to foster family. All young Brian ever wants is to feel like he belongs in a family that loves him, any family. Brian’s journey takes many twists and turns, filled with promises and betrayals. He betrays his stepfather while his mother and the foster care system betray him.