Stalking, Sabotaging happiness, Destroying peace of mind 

Sylene knew that a Shadow stalked her, sabotaging her happiness and destroying her peace of mind. Would she ever be free of the Shadow? Trudy Briggs wants money. She is tired of patching clothes, pinching pennies, and pulling bolls. Her scheme for riches began more than seventeen years ago, a devious plan that included kidnapping a baby. Sylene, approaching her eighteenth birthday, hasn't a hint that she stands at the vortex of the storm in the Briggs household. She does not understand her mother's poorly veiled hostility toward her or her blatant partiality to the other children. She only knows that she is stalked by a Shadow that sabotages her happiness and destroys her peace of mind. Then she makes a startling discovery . . . Will she ever be free from the Shadow? This is author LaJoyce Martin's thirtieth fiction book. She has written wholesome Christian literature for over thirty-five years, yet her love for good words has not diminished. She is a busy pastor's wife, speaker, and spoiler of grandchildren. However, she always makes time to write one more chapter . . . and to find one more friend. - from Amzon