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Escape was just the beginning. Now, surviving is the challenge.

Nell is a young mother living in an isolated trailer on the outskirts of Paducah, Kentucky. Fearing for her life, she decides to leave her abusive husband, Lance. With no friends of her own she asks a stranger for help. Soon she learns that leaving is only the first step of the journey. With luck, guts, and determination, she finds a job and an apartment across the Ohio River in Illinois. When the Paducah police get involved, they discover that Lance’s first wife disappeared nine years earlier. Had he killed both wives? With law enforcement pressure mounting, Lance vows to find his wife, bring her back where she belongs, and make her pay for what she has done. But Nell has different plans. And she will do whatever it takes to protect herself and her daughter—including murder.