Hope for the Best

Seventeen-year-old Lareina has no family, no home, and no last name. What she does have is an oddly shaped pendant and Detective Russ Galloway, who would follow her across the country to take it from her. Hoping to escape the detective and discover the truth about her pendant, Lareina begins a long journey to the only home she has ever known. Can Lareina uncover the secret of the mysterious pendant? Will she ever be able to escape her past and find her family? Listen as Lareina struggles to survive, to the people she meets on her journey, to discover her truth.

The brand burned into Charlie's arm is a constant reminder that family doesn't exist, people only care about their own selfish interests, and a handful of pendants, if united, could lead to negative consequences for the entire world. All he wants is to escape his perilous past and the people who want him dead. By accident, he arrives in the small town of Maibe, Nebraska where he has the chance to change his life an