Embraced (The Conditioned)

Widower and Single-Father, Benedicte LaVelle didn’t ask for the troubles plaguing his neighborhood but he is the only one around with the connections to seek help. When the young woman sent to help him arrives in chains, he fears he has made a terrible mistake. Yet he is drawn to the Conditioned girl called only by the numbers-Seven Two Four. Seven cannot read, cannot write, and has spent her life at the mercy of those who wish her dead. If she can help Ben and his family perhaps there will be redemption in the next world waiting for her. She should not love Ben...but she does. As powerful people watch from the side, the love of two nobodies will trigger an explosion that none see coming. The fate of the Conditioned will never be the same.