Runaway Ray

It is 1904 as Jay and Anna Titus anxiously await the arrival of their first child. But when Jay dies unexpectedly while Anna is six months pregnant, the eighteen-year-old widow is beside herself with grief. Nearly three months later and after hours of grueling labor, she gives birth to Evan Raymond Titus. Sadly, he will never know his father.

Anna, who is desperate to find a father for her son, eventually marries Benjamin Wyatt when Evan is two. It soon becomes evident that her husband will never accept Evan as part of the family. While Anna does her best to protect Evan from Bens cruelty, the boy learns about farming and dreams of a better life. After he is finally led from Idaho to a new beginning in Los Angeles when he is twenty-one, Evan makes an impulsive decision that sets off a chain of events that will impact manynow and in the futureand haunt him forever.

In this novel inspired by true events, a man struggling to move past a horrific childhood is overwhelmed by guilt, secrets, and lies with the power to change the course of his life.