Hidden in the Heart

Finalist in the 2012 Grace Awards
Long Listed in the 2013 INSPY Awards

Everything Claire wants
seems to be beyond her reach…

After losing her mother to cancer and suffering a miscarriage soon after, Claire
Ferguson numbs the pain with alcohol and pills, and wonders if her own life is
worth living.
Adopted at birth, Claire is convinced she has some unknown genetic flaw
that may have been the cause of her miscarriage. She must find a way to deal
with the guilt she harbors. But exoneration will come with a price.
With her marriage in trouble and her father refusing to answer any
questions about her adoption, Claire begins the search for her birth mother.
For the first time in her life, she really wants to know where she came from.
But what if the woman who gave her life doesn’t want to be found?

For all those who have loved, experienced loss,
and lived life’s roller-coaster
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--- Hidden in the Heart is a beautifully told story of a young woman's search for her birth mother. Loosely based on her own journey of discovery, Catherine West infuses a transparency and depth of emotion that is both heartrending and immensely satisfying. I couldn't put it down. Novel Rocket and I give it a very high recommendation.
Ane Mulligan, Sr. editor, Novel Rocket
http://www.novelrocket.com

---Catherine West's adept prose unfurls moments with the power to change lives, giving us both the dismay of heartbreak and a call to redemption in the story of two women who did not know how much they needed each other.

Olivia Newport, author of The Pursuit of Lucy Banning

--- Hidden in the Heart stands not only as a strong and beautiful story of the
relationships that define and mold a family, but also as an emotionally mesmerizing
drama that kept me turning pages late into the night.

Sue Harrison – International Bestselling Author of Mother Earth, Father Sky

---Hidden in the Heart is a compelling love song of a novel about finding a true home in a lonely world. Gifted author Catherine West writes with lump-in-the-throat power to transport you through a family’s journey from brokenness to grace. A page-turner full of honest spiritual insight and poignant characters, this is a luminous story of forgiveness that will take hold of your heart and lift its hidden burdens.

-- Rosslyn Elliott, award-winning author of Fairer than Morning and Sweeter than Birdsong