From the bestselling author ofThe Killing Kind, a woman shares her story of survival after a man holds her captive at gunpoint.

By the time Anne Bridges saw the gun in Jimmy Williams's hand, it was already too late. The bad things she had heard about himhow he had drugged a woman and held her hostageAnne now realized were true. Only now it was her turn.

What began as a well-intentioned attempt to reconnect with an old friend became, for Anne, a struggle to survive. In her own words Anne shares a chilling minute-by-minute account of her ordealthe shotgun blast that nearly ended her life, her desperate struggle to escape, and the courage that sustained her on her long road to recoveryas part of a compelling narrative by award-winning,New York Times bestselling author M. William Phelps. She is telling her story in hopes that other women will not have to go through what she endured at the hands of a violent attacker.

Praise forNew York Times bestselling author M. William Phelps

One of America's finest true-crime writers. Vincent Bugliosi,New York Times bestselling author ofHelter Skelter

Phelps is the Harlan Coben of real-life thrillers. Allison Brennan,New York Times bestselling author ofTell No Lies

Anything by Phelps is an eye-opening experience. Suspense Magazine

Phelps is the king of true crime. Lynda Hirsch, Creators Syndicate columnist