Unshackled

Camille Delaney returns with another investigationand this time its personal. Shackled to her bed against the pleas of the medical staff, Charli Zhao gives birth to a beautiful daughter she names Willow. Charli had been transported to the hospital from prison, where she is serving time for a crime she didnt commit. Within hours of the birth, the unthinkable happens: the newborn is abducted, leaving Charli devastated and wondering if shell ever find her child, even after she gets free. Attorney Camille Delaney isnt used to the inside of womens prisonsshe works in courtrooms. But when a local legal aid group recruits her to help with a case on the inside, she feels drawn to these womens stories. They are often so similara lifetime of trauma culminating in the heartbreaking and often permanent loss of custody of their children, even after theyve served their time and gotten clean. When Camille meets Charli, its been years since Willow was abducted, and the case has gone cold. But theres something about Charlis storyand Charli herselfthat Camille cant refuse. With the help of her trusted friend and private investigator Trish Seaholm, Camille begins a dogged pursuit to find Charlis daughter and bring the man who framed Charli to justice. As Camilles quest for the truth takes her team from Seattle to the San Juan Islands to the mountains of Olympic National Park, she must reckon with a system that routinely dismisses the rights of convicted mothersand has their children pay the price.