Within These Walls

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>From USA Today Bestselling author J.L. Berg comes a breathtaking story that shows us how love truly can conquer all...even the most damaged of hearts.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Within these walls he became my solace my sanctuary and my strength. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>I am not strong. I am just a survivor of circumstance.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Isn't that what we all do? Survive?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Each of us has our own set of circumstances to muddle through. Mine are just more...complicated.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Born with a severe heart defect I've seen the inside of a hospital room more than my own bedroom. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>I was drowning a prisoner to the illness that owned me until he appeared. He thinks he's blocked out the world with his tattoos and hard exterior but I see the real Jude the one he so desperately wants to forget.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>But is he the answer to my prayers or will he break my already damaged heart forever?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>My name is Lailah Buchanan and this is our story of hope redemption and sacrificing it all for the one you love.</span></p><p><br></p>