Every Shade of a Rose

It took me a lifetime to realize that the closest person to me was one of the enemies against which I daily prayed. My mother was my world – a woman who though deeply broken on the inside yet bore the burden of being a huge beacon of light to the mysterious world around her; but then you know what they say about the ones that burn themselves to illuminate others. Piling medical bills forced mother into prostitution and drugs that eventually took her life. Life hit me hard, and death knew me by name. I would not give up. I am a woman and so in me lies the strength that can move mountains. But each time I fought back, life dealt me a blow more devastating than the last. I have lost it all, but I cannot surrender, not now, not until someone pays for my hurt. With grief, strong mental health issues, a strong lust for vengeance, playing my strings from dark corners, how do I find the will to keep living? How does a woman find the strength to journey through life with a billion arrows buried deep in her back? Every shade of a Rose is the first installment of the "Bed of Roses" trilogy. This coming-of-age series will tell the unforgettable story of a young woman, Tessie, as she struggles to pull the weight of abandonment, grief, and the perilous trauma of sexual molestation through life. Every shade of a rose shines light on the darkness of Tessie, channeling the vileness from within into the power of survival, showing the many evil that is to be found on the path of a molested child to their bed of roses