The Watcher

Word Alive Press 2010 Free Publishing Contest Winner (Fiction).

The first time Kathryn Ellison sees Nick Lawson, she knows there is something between them. He is too close, though, too involved with what happened to her the night that changed her life forever. As much as she wants to be with him, she wants even more to forget, to put the pain of the past behind her. When Nick shows up at her door twenty years later, Kathryn realizes it is finally time to move on with her life.

Over the next six days, she goes through the contents of the old shoebox in her closet, reliving and letting go of the memories contained in the old letters and photographs that have held her—and her daughter Lexi—captive for so long.

David Henley is a captive, too—of the dark secret he keeps from his wife and family. When Kathryn’s daughter demands to know the truth about what happened That Night, the fragile peace he has worked so hard to achieve is threatened, and he is forced to confront the reality that he may lose everything in his life that is important to him.

As Kathryn and David struggle to deal with the past, Kevin Dylan, the man who has haunted Kathryn’s dreams for twenty years, escapes from prison. He has always considered what happened That Night to be unfinished business, and now he is determined to come back and finish it.

Unaware of the approaching danger, Kathryn shuts herself away in her house and gradually works through the contents of the box. She is not as alone as she thinks she is, though. Someone, or something, is watching…

Softcover Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.5

Page Count: 352

About the Author:

Sara Davison was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada where she currently lives with her husband Michael and their three children. She spends every moment she can reading and writing fictional accounts of ordinary people who find themselves in extraordinary circumstances, and how they deal with their new reality.