Overview

When her grandmother can no longer care for her, pre-teen Charlotte Carolyn Harris finds herself alone and parentless at St. Martin’s orphanage. There, she is seen as a discipline problem and is subjected to unspeakable acts. If not for her friend Melanie Tailor, Charlotte’s years at St. Martin’s would have been much bleaker.

After an unimaginable incident, the girls are admonished to say nothing and are given college scholarships, which enables Charlotte to become an unstoppable force on the basketball courts.

Almost twenty years later, Charlotte is the victim again, this time by someone she thought she could trust. Estranged from Melanie, who is now a reporter looking for a juicy scoop about her ex-friend, Charlotte has no one to turn to as the accusations against her fly. Enter Della Carter, a soon-to-be former police officer whose boss has an ax to grind against her.

Can Della help Charlotte face her past and mend fences with Melanie? And, will the gorgeous ex-cop convince Charlotte that she is her future? Find out, in What You See Ain't What You Get, a story of abandonment, loyalty & love.

Trigger warning: contains scenes of child abuse and sexual assault.