The wife finds her husband is missing, but things are not as they appear. When her past catches up to her, everything she thought she knew is about to be challenged. This is a 47,000 + word suspense thriller novel. This story follows the themes of redemption, self-growth, and healing. There are some sexually explicit scenes along the way. This is a journey of rising over circumstance and finding your own happiness. A special thanks to pepere and barneyr for their invaluable editing assistance.
INTRODUCTION: Some people are just too damned stupid to appreciate the value of what they have until they don't. They later wail about how unjust it is that it's impossible to undo the damage they did that has cost them (and their trusting victim) everything. True justice is that their suffering is tenfold when they're finally forced to face the reality that the word impossible means what it means.
Ariel ("A") hated her name, and she didn't fit in at high school. Parentless, her grandmother, Lucy, raised her. A convinced Lucy to date Claudia, but disaster struck when Claudia's ex spirited her daughter to TX, leaving only Ben, her son. A and Lucy supported Claudia & Ben, found them a lawyer, and become their lovers. A intervened in an attempted rape, thwarted by the store clerk, a retired marine. After their junior prom, Ben was kidnapped, with A to the rescue.
Sometimes a hunter needs to have eyes in the back of his head. A story of betrayal and revenge. Who can you trust, if your wife is scheming to take everything from you — maybe even your life?