"Please protect my baby " Jess pleads with any higher power that will listen as she instinctively throws her arms across her growing abdomen. Bringing your husband's child into the world would be a blessing for anyone... anyone except Jess Clayton. For a woman who lives her life in fear, having her husband's baby is a life sentence. Just when she is beginning to summon enough courage to leave her abusive husband, Marc, Jess receives the fateful news that will change the course of her destiny. Having this child will bind Jess to Marc forever, and she cannot let that happen Besides, it's not even a real baby yet, is it? In a story full of love and hate, fear and turmoil, Jess Clayton is thrust onto a roller coaster ride of emotions as she deals with her unexpected pregnancy, the challenge of facing her options, and the faith journey she embarks upon as a kindly neighbor tries to introduce her to a God that Jess was unsure even existed. After all, if God were real, what was he possibly thinking? The climax of this ride? The terror Jess endures when deciding how and when she will leave her husband- that is, if Marc let's her out of the marriage alive.