Taken from her home to live out a sick game that a guy has been playing for the last ten years.
With no certainty that anyone is looking for her, and seemingly hours away from home, she's forced to play housewife with a man that has had twelve other 'wives'.
Each of them now dead...
With 12 rules and the obvious exits blocked, from the previous girls attempts to flee. Is Anna's only way out to play along and become a 'loving wife'? Or will she die during the chase?
Would anyone even know what happened to her?
Or would she be labeled as a runaway?
And where is she in the first place?
Audrey Thomas had been raised by overprotective parents and is sick of it. After the kidnapping and recovery of her mother, Anna Cowles, eighteen years ago, her parents had a harsh awakening as they realized any child could be taken for any reason. New laws were made to protect children, but those same children ignored the rules and went out of their way to get into trouble. Audrey has always done what she wanted, no matter what the consequences are, but what happens when her choices lead her to being taken by the one man people feared everyday for the last eighteen years, right up to his execution. Will she make it out like her mother did or will she suffer the fate of the previous twelve girls?
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The following interview was submitted by the author. These questions were not asked by me but we felt it was important to include the information. Enjoy!
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If this book is part of a series,
tell us a little about it?
It’s about three girls, that are connected through the
series, going through a kidnapping. The main character’s are typically normal
teenage girls ripped from their daily lives and forced to fight for their
lives. The last girl, the main character of the third and final book, has had
her life controlled by being taken at a young age and now she’s fighting for other
girls not to go through what she and the other two girls did.
What made you write about a
kidnapping?
Well, it’s an uncomfortable topic, very few people discuss
it, and I think that’s an issue. We never talk about it until it’s too late.
Someone goes missing, and if they aren’t seen or no one knows what happens to
them, then we don’t know if we will ever see them again. I hope that people
will read the book and know that they have to think about it, but they can’t
let it take over their lives. Some people prepare for the apocalypse, but what
about a danger that’s here right now? I don’t know what I would do if I was
taken, but I wanted to raise awareness so people can learn that they have to
take a few precautions.
What made you have the characters
interact the way they do?
I made Steve creepy
because I thought, what person would take a girl, much less thirteen of them?
Then you have to think of a reason why he did it, and whether logical or not to
readers, it had to make sense to him. No one likes him as a character, but he
was a driving force of the story. He needed a reason, he needed something to
live for, and I gave that to him. Garrett was raised with Steve, so he does
what he feels will protect him, but he also wants to protect the girls that come
into the house. It’s just how he is, he knows it’s dangerous, but he wants to
help them. Anna is this empty shell basically, when you think about her she
isn’t dynamic, she’s flat in a way until the middle of the book. She’s been
torn away from her family, trying to figure out what happened, why it happened
and her feelings. She feels the only way to live through this is to play along.
She feels defeated until she has something to fight for and that’s when you see
her change.
What do you think people will think
of the book?
I had my work on a website for a few years, and I got a lot
of mixed reviews. There were mostly good words said, and it became very popular
and I had a few readers tell me that they were going to be more cautious when
going out at night. I’m not telling you to be suspicious of everyone, just be
cautious about your surroundings. Keep yourself safe and learn what looks
dangerous, or even what looks harmless, but could cause trouble. Then there
were a few people that had the opposite opinion, they told me that I was
basically the devil and that I didn’t deserve the book to become popular, that
I was against religion and many other things. While those were the minority of
the readers I had, I realize the book is an uncomfortable topic and few people
want to think about it. I don’t apologize for starting the topic, and I just
hope people who read will understand that I just want them to be vigilant.
It was complicated,
the characters, the setting and even just the story. It’s uncomfortable to
write, and even uncomfortable to discuss with friends because they think it’s
so strange that I choose this topic to write about.
What else have you written?
I have dipped into a lot of genres, but I really enjoy
Thrillers and Suspense the best. It’s exciting to write and I hope it’s just as
exciting to read for those that read my books.
Where can people find you to keep up
with you?
Twitter at SaraNSchoen,
Facebook (look up Sara Schoen and
look for the Amber Alert banner)
Wattpad (xxnightstripexx)
Purchase Amber Alert on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/1_4?qid=1417045748&sr=1-4&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70
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