Unprotected

Unprotected is the story of Amanda Danscher, a young woman who accepts a position as a child protection social worker. She quickly becomes embroiled in a case against their Minnesota town's former champion hockey player and favorite son, Chuck Thomas, who will do anything to buck the system rather than work with it including whatever it takes to get Amanda out of his way. Luckily Amanda reconnects with Jacob, a new county attorney who has the means to help and protect her, but no clue how to break down her own defenses. Set against the backdrop of the always messy and complex world of child protection, Unprotected is ultimately about family and a young woman's discovery that there are all kinds of family and many places that can be called home.

Kristin Ritter Johnson has been a child protection social worker for nearly 20 years and drew from that experience to write her first novel, "Unprotected". Born and raised in Brookings, SD, she currently lives in Red Wing, Minnesota with her husband and four children.