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Reader reviewed by cosmicdustbella

Once upon a time, I didn't know how lucky I was. When Alice was ten, Ray took her from all she knew. Her friends, family, and even her name. Since then she has learned to be obedient, submsive, to endure all pain, and to remain a young, the way Ray wants.

Now she is fifteen, and Ray still has her. The first Alice was fifteen when Ray tired of her, will he do the same to her? All she can think of is ending the * she has been in for five years. She can run, but that would put her family in danger, and she could never live with that. So day after day, she waits.

Then she finds out that Ray does not want to get rid of her, he wants to keep her, and to get a daughter. Another little girl to do what he wants with. And he wants her to find the girl for him. Now she thinks she has a chance to escape, but it would mean someone else taking her place. Can she do that to someone else?

Most authors want to hear that you could not put a book down, but this was not one of those. Elizabeth Scott's terrifying tale will make you put down the book, then pick it back up again as the disterbing story continues. Kudos to the author who takes such a difficult subject to breech, and she does it perfectly. Definatly a book for mature audiences, it is not easy to forget and will stay with you. What happens in the book is not because the girl was more weak, timid, or foolish. Her captor is oportunistic and clever in a way that would fool even most adults.