Addiction has always been a part of Lauren Burrows.

Orphaned at age ten, she's raised by her older brother, Mark. She soon picks up his habit of drinking hard, but unlike him she can't control it.

At the point in her life where she thinks she'll never find happiness, she meets Ethan. He wants to help her fight the demons that have haunted her for most of her life, and steps out of his comfort zone to help the woman he loves.

Will they be strong enough to survive Lauren's fight together?

Taking Chances is a stand alone contemporary romance novel of 95,000 words.