Worlds Apart

Survivor of a brutal sexual assault Shailene Campbell led a constrained life of quiet preparedness until she discovered the significance of her flashbacks. The pain of the stabbing she endured at age fifteen is triggered by nearness of predators like the one who attacked her. This ability to see homicidal psychopaths for what they are uniquely qualifies Shailene to find and stop them but shouldering this responsibility means breaking the promise to herself to lay low and stay safe. . Now Shailene has a job a secure apartment in a quiet neighborhood and a new friendship—possibly more—with a gentle architect named Mike. Things are going well until the bodies of four young boys are discovered in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens. . Shailene takes emergency vacation and goes to Trenton hoping she can find the killer before another boy ends up in a shallow grave. There is always risk when she goes out on a mission but she cannot anticipate the personal toll this one will exact. Second in a series.