5-STAR REVIEW: DAUGHTER OF MINE by Angie Stanton

27 April 2026

About The Book

A Stolen at Birth Novel
Publication Date: March 23, 2026

“One mother’s nightmare. One mother’s secret.”

In the maternity ward of Mercy Hospital, two women’s lives collide in an act that will haunt them both for years to come. For Melissa Grout, a fifteen-minute shower becomes an eternal nightmare when she emerges to find her newborn daughter’s bassinet empty. As police search futilely and her world crumbles under the weight of loss, she refuses to give up hope that somewhere, somehow, her baby is alive.

A few hundred miles away, Cheryl Winslow cradles the stolen infant, knowing each tender moment could be her last. Consumed by grief over her own baby’s death, she makes a desperate choice that will require a lifetime of lies to protect. As little Piper grows, so do the walls Cheryl builds to keep her safe—and her secret hidden.

For sixteen years, these mothers dance an unconscious duet of loss and love. While Melissa channels her grief into a relentless search, sacrificing everything to find her stolen child, Cheryl creates an elaborate façade of normalcy, knowing that one wrong move, one careless word, could bring her whole world crashing down.

Two mothers. One daughter. Sixteen years of lies.

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The Review

For 16 years, Cheryl Winslow has watched her beloved daughter, Piper, and tries to block any feelings of regret.

In the second installment of the Stolen at Birth series, author Angie Stanton tells the story of two mothers, one daughter, and the decision that changed their lives.

Daughter of Mine delivers the story from the perspectives of Cheryl and Melissa. Both are mothers, but one commits a crime that leads to devastation and heartbreak.

It’s more than just a story of a stolen baby. It morphs into a story of continued deception where telling the truth leads to horrifying consequences. For the family left searching, it creates a festering hole that threatens to destroy everyone involved.

Is there any way to justify taking someone else’s child? Cheryl’s story is full of emotion and heartbreak, but her pain doesn’t negate Melissa’s loss.

Daughter of Mine highlights the fragility of the mother/daughter bond when it is built on lies.

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About The Author

Angie Stanton is the award winning, bestselling author of twelve novels including the critically acclaimed Don’t Call Me Greta: a stolen at birth novel, Waking in Time, an epic time-jumping romance, and If Ever, a Broadway love story.

Waking in Time won the Midwest Book Award and was a finalist in the National Readers’ Choice Awards.

If Ever is the recipient of the National Readers’ Choice Award, The Holt Medallion, and the Write Touch Reader’s Award.

A daydreamer at heart, Angie puts her talent to use writing contemporary fiction about life, love, and the adventures that follow. In her spare time, she loves to venture off to Broadway. She is a contributing writer for BroadwayWorld.com and is currently working on her next book.

Angie has a Journalism degree from the University of Wisconsin. Her books have been translated into German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Bulgarian.