title: Future Story: Moving Forward with Purpose
author: DeAnna Gallagher
description: DeAnna Gallagher serves as Executive Director of Shasta Thrive in Anderson/Redding, CA. Shasta Thrive is a faith-based organization focused on equipping mentors with tools such as Future Story and matching them to adults and youth struggling with cycles of instability. Under DeAnna's leadership, mentors focus on honoring each person for their value and celebrating each forward step. DeAnna and her husband Mike have four adult children and 6 grandchildren.
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  Acclaimed author Katie McGarry returns with the knockout new story of two high
  school seniors who are about to learn what winning really means
  
  
  Champion kickboxer Haley swore she’d never set foot in the ring again after
  one tragic night. But then the guy she can’t stop thinking about accepts a
  mixed martial arts fight in her honor. Suddenly, Haley has to train West
  Young. All attitude, West is everything Haley promised herself she’d stay away
  from. Yet he won’t last five seconds in the ring without her help.
  
  
  West is keeping a big secret from Haley. About who he really is. But helping
  her—fighting for her—is a shot at redemption. Especially since it’s his fault
  his family is falling apart. He can’t change the past, but maybe he can change
  Haley’s future.
  
  
  Haley and West have agreed to keep their relationship strictly in the ring.
  But as an unexpected bond forms between them and attraction mocks their best
  intentions, they’ll face their darkest fears and discover love is worth
  