Flowers for Mama (The Lakeside Series Book 1)

All Jane Topovic wants is a normal family, but what she has is secret shame in a violent, drug-addicted brother who bothers her for money when she’s barely getting by. Working for low pay as an aide in a special needs classroom, she is flattered when the handsome guardian of a student asks her out on a date.

The chemistry between them is intense. But she can’t be fully honest with Chalton, scared that he’ll back off fast once he knows how out of control her brother is becoming. And what she doesn’t know is that Chalton isn’t being fully honest with her either . . . and the truth is worse than anything she could imagine.