" Praying, Audra shifted so Maggie’s weight wasn’t so heavy on Audra’s stomach. Her children might well not survive in the harsh land her husband had stranded them in, and that was something she regretted bitterly. She laid her hand on her round belly and prayed for her children’s lives. And that included at this moment, more than anyone, Julia. "

― Mary Connealy , Out of Control (Kincaid Brides, #1)