Table of Contents
Praise for Theresa Sneed's Escape series
You Can’t Hide
Other Titles by Theresa Sneed
Dear Reader,
Theresa Sneed
Dedication Page
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty
Twenty-One
Twenty-Two
Twenty-Three
Twenty-Four
Twenty-Five
Twenty-Six
Twenty-Seven
Twenty-Eight
Twenty-Nine
Thirty
Thirty-One
Thirty-Two
Thirty-Three
Thirty-Four
Thirty-Five
Thirty-Six
Author Bio
Praise for Theresa Sneed’s Escape
Book one in the Escape series
Theresa Sneed’s Escape opened my eyes to the challenges of living with abuse and alcoholism. Escape leaves the reader with hope and the knowledge that there is always a choice. Theresa’s sense of humor shines through her writing as well. She is brilliant.
- Kari Pike, author, editor
I really enjoyed Theresa Sneed’s story, Escape. I meant to read just a couple of chapters, but was hooked and couldn’t put it down until I literally fell asleep reading it. Escape is well written, has nice plot twists, and is very intriguing. - Rebecca Lamoreaux, author
Escape, by Theresa Sneed, is a well-crafted and timely romance. Fast paced, intriguing, with plenty of twists, this novel is a roller coaster ride. - Susan G. Haws, author
I just finished Escape and loved it. Read it in three days ... the story pulled me right in, right away, and right on ... I couldn’t put it down until I finished. I had to know what was going to happen. Great storylines, great plot, great villain. I will read the next one. - Amazon-a-holic
I give Escape a five star review because it was that good. Being the first book I read by this author, I was so impressed. I will be reading more works from this author soon, she is that good. I recommend this story to everyone that likes a lot of suspense and unseen twist and turns. - Gail Holland
Escape was really good. The mystery and suspense were great. There were so many twists and turns you could never guess what was going to happen next. I read this book straight through. - Amazon Customer
Escape is a gripping suspense novel by Theresa Sneed - a new genre for this author. Theresa crafts a powerful mystery that grabs the reader's attention and doesn't let it go, even with the last word. - Rachel Andersen
I just finished this book the other day and I loved it! It kept my interest to the very end. Now I need the next book! - Linda Batt
You Can’t Hide
Escape series
Escape, book 1
You Can’t Hide, book 2
Other titles by Theresa Sneed
No Angel series
Angel with an Attitude
Earthbound Angel
Destiny’s Angel
Earth Angel
Sons of Elderberry series
Elias of Elderberry
The Wood Fairies of Estraelia
Escape series
Escape
You Can’t Hide
Salem Witch Haunt series
Salem Witch Haunt
Return to Salem
Salem Bewitched
So You Want to Write:
A Guide to Writing Your First Book
Fantastic Covers and How to Make Them
Facing Mortality:
Dreams and Other Significant Things
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You Can’t Hide
Theresa Sneed
To those who have had the courage and the strength to move on ~ and to those who still need to.
A special thank you to Betsy Love - my beta reader,
and to my readers. :)
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My most sincere thanks to my readers – enjoy. A most heartfelt thank you to my beta reader, Betsy Love.
One
Revenge
He flipped the cigarette butt to the floor, smashed his heel into it, and then turned back to his work. The dull blades of the sheers tore the newspaper, the jagged edges reflecting the torment in his mind. You’ll pay for this—all of it. Smoothing the torn ends with the tip of his knife, he pushed it aside with the others.
Gathering the clippings together, he moved to the wall, and one by one, pasted them into the shrine. He stepped back and studied it.
“Perfect.” He pressed a grimy finger against each news article. Elizabeth Heard Rescued by Professor. He spat on it and turned to the next two. Eleanor Elizabeth Heard and Elizabeth Shepherd, One and the Same; Sheriff Merrick Snyder—Impostor, and then, from the newest addition of the Tennessean; Heard to Wed, while Merrick Snyder Faces Death Penalty. In a frenzied fit, he drove the blade of his knife into her picture. “Not if I can help it. Two more weeks, Ms. Heard—two.”
Elle kicked her sandals off and sat on the swing on the back porch. Looking over the lake gave her peace. Nothing in the world mattered but her upcoming wedding to Sam. Still, the events of the prior year haunted her. She shuddered when she thought back to her lapse of memory at the hands of a madman, Merrick Snyder, and was grateful that he was in a high-security prison. He would never get out and would probably die there from old age.
In fact, the word from Sheriff Higgins was that the recent reversal of the moratorium on capital punishment would put the good sheriff as a likely candidate for a new form of death penalty—lethal injection—a more just end for a cop-killer.
A year and a half had passed since Merrick’s indictment, and her life was better than she’d ever imagined. It was almost perfect, except for the nightmares. Shortly after the ordeal, prank calls started up. One or two a month at first, and then the calls escalated to the point that Grandpa Joe had their phone number changed to unlisted.
Sheriff Higgins said that they were copy-cat calls—from sick minds wanting to be
