Bücher der Reihe Escape Series

Finding her wandering the streets of Boston in a daze, Sheriff Malcom Snyder gives Elizabeth Shepherd a name but no identity. He cruelly locks her in his cellar and keeps her captive for five years until one evening when she escapes with his truck, his money, and his five-year-old daughter, Sally. They flee to a place hidden within the woodlands of Maine--beautiful Sebec Lake, dump his truck in its deep waters, and then unexpectedly run into Sam Hancock, a young college professor with a camp at the lake. Sam recognizes the signs of abuse and gives them a safe place to hide while he takes off on a perilous journey to Taunton, MA, to clear Elizabeth's name from the nationwide smear campaign the sheriff initiates and the reward money he cunningly hangs over her head. But Sam must hurry before the corrupt sheriff uncovers the trail that leads to his cabin and to the young woman and little girl he is trying to protect.

Held captive for years, Elle suffered horrific abuse that left her skittish and afraid of everything. But her abuser is in prison, locked up on death row. So, how did the distinctive, gold-lettered band from an expensive Cuban cigar, illegal in the United States, and the exact brand he smoked, wind up on the floor of Elle's jeep? When she finds things that could only have come from him, she questions her sanity, and wonders if she'll ever be rid of him, but that's crazy-how can he hurt her from death row?

Years had passed since Merrick Snyder's untimely death, but Elle still wondered. They never found his body, and if anyone could survive a treacherous fall, he could. But body or not, he must be dead, otherwise, he would have already resurfaced. At least, that's what Elle kept telling herself.