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She chose to die.Now she chooses to live. And love.BUT HER SPIRIT HAS BEEN CLAIMED BY A DARK PRESENCE. Sarah Vise's life is a literal dead-end street. Abandoned by her mother as a child, she lives on a coastal road to nowhere, working endless hours on her domineering father's fishing boat in the shadow of a run-down lighthouse. As her high school graduation approaches, the end of the relentless monotony seems to be on the horizon. She is accepted into college and has an intriguing encounter with Grant Eriksen, the tall, blue-eyed neighbor who appears intent on making amends for past mistakes.
But when Sarah's father forbids her from going away to college, she is forced to face a future without hope. Sarah decides to surrender her life to the sea.
Grant saves her from drowning, but that night her weakened spirit is carried to a dreamy afterlife world, where a handsome hunter-sage takes her under his wing. Sarah is happy to remain with him until she learns he is even more possessive and dangerous than the men in her "real" life.
To escape his clutches, she makes a terrible bargain. He will return her to the life she now so desperately desires. She will be free to follow her heart, but only for a while. The clock is ticking.
Once she fulfills her end of the bargain, he will steal her spirit again. Forever.
List of contents
AUTHOR'S NOTE FOREWORD 1971 DEAD END (1984) CHAPTER TWO TORTURE DRIFT NET LIFEBOAT SWEPT AWAY HUNTED REBIRTH COSMOS TRANSFUSION VIRUS WANDERLUST SWARM WARNING ICE MIMOSA REDLINE SKY SIREN FLANKED BROTHER ENVY THE PIT SECRET BLOOD LIGHTHOUSE DEATH AFTERLIFE THE TRANSIENT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR ABOUT PAULETTE REDDICK TURNER ABOUT MITCH KOLBE Q&A WITH COVER ILLUSTRATOR MITCH KOLBE
About the author
S.A. SUTILA, As with the main character of The Stealing, S.A. Sutila's journey began on a dead-end coastal road in Delaware. Now the founder and CEO of Cluso Investigation, Sharon Sutila is a licensed private investigator and expert in global identity deception. She successfully navigates the male-dominated industries of security and information technology. After receiving a bachelor's degree in engineering technology from the University of South Florida, she consulted for many years on the worldwide deployment of business process reengineering projects. Then, recognizing a need for reliable, quality-controlled background checks on global IT professionals, she built Cluso's proprietary hardware and software processing platform. S.A. Sutila is an entrepreneur, a private pilot, a conference speaker, and a dedicated breaker of barriers for women.
Summary
She chose to die.
Now she chooses to live. And love.
BUT HER SPIRIT HAS BEEN
CLAIMED BY A DARK PRESENCE.
Sarah Vise's life is a literal dead-end street. Abandoned by her mother as a child, she lives on a coastal road to nowhere, working endless hours on her domineering father's fishing boat in the shadow of a run-down lighthouse. As her high school graduation approaches, the end of the relentless monotony seems to be on the horizon. She is accepted into college and has an intriguing encounter with Grant Eriksen, the tall, blue-eyed neighbor who appears intent on making amends for past mistakes.
But when Sarah's father forbids her from going away to college, she is forced to face a future without hope. Sarah decides to surrender her life to the sea.
Grant saves her from drowning, but that night her weakened spirit is carried to a dreamy afterlife world, where a handsome hunter-sage takes her under his wing. Sarah is happy to remain with him until she learns he is even more possessive and dangerous than the men in her "real" life.
To escape his clutches, she makes a terrible bargain. He will return her to the life she now so desperately desires. She will be free to follow her heart, but only for a while. The clock is ticking.
Once she fulfills her end of the bargain, he will steal her spirit again. Forever.
