The Breath of the Phoenix

Jenny Ryland's life had been turned upside down when she was seventeen.

Recently transformed from an 'ugly duckling' to a beautiful swan, she had just been starting to find her way on the night it was all taken away from her in a white van, in a dark alley, by a masked boy with brown eyes, with brilliant little specks of green in them.

Now it's just over ten years later. Jenny is twenty-eight years old, and she feels like she's come to another crossroads in her life.

She has just been reunited with Michael, her high school crush and the boy who had been ready to take her to prom all those years ago. But all of that changed before it had ever really had a chance to begin.

Now it looks like she and Michael will finally get their chance at happiness... Until Jenny's past sneaks back up on her in the most unexpected of ways. But that's only one of the ordeals threatening to keep Jenny and Michael apart.

Heartbroken for the second time in her life, Jenny flees halfway around the world to a small village in Africa where she's most needed.

There, she falls in love again. This time with an orphaned little girl in an African village. But as much as she loves Adamma, she can't stop thinking about another girl. A teenager named Grace Peters who Jenny has only laid eyes on once, through a tv screen, but who has the power to change Jenny's life in immeasurable ways. And Jenny doesn't realize it at first, but she has the power to do the same for Grace, if only she can open up her heart enough to do so.

Will Jenny finally find her happy ending, or will happiness continue to elude her?