New York 1841 

Kassandra is a child of the Five Points in New York.  She has known hunger, begged for food and sleeps out in the open in all types of weather.  When she meets Reverend Joseph she sees a glimmer of hope, he is offering her his home.  She learns bible verses to get to attend school, life if starting to look good to her.  She makes a life changing decision. 

She is thrust into a world God-fearing people don’t want to know about.  She lives in a run-down one room and is forced to become a prostitute.  She suffers more than she has ever before.  Somehow she manages to escape this and heads out to California for a fresh start and a new name, Sadie. 

As Sadie live does not get easier, it just seems to be harder than when she was Kassandra.  Sadie wonders if you cross the line can you ever go back and receive forgiveness or are you doomed forever. 

This is not for the faint of heart.  It deals with the underbelly of society: prostitution, drugs, and abuse.  It is not your average Christian fiction.  It’s gritty, more realistic, and edgier.  Keep the tissues handy.