Her whole life was belonging to him. She was his like his newest Rolex, or the Aston Martin in the drive. He was her owner, her keeper, and most of the time, he was her torturer. A leap of faith brought an end to that, a leap away from him. A leap into her destruction. Completely ruined and shattered, she could be rebuilt. Reborn into the person she needed to be to finally escape him and the life she'd been sold into.
Bishop retired a long time ago. Used his money to buy himself a private island and open up a clinic where only the rich and famous could afford to go. It was his way to escape what and who he was once. Though he could never truly escape, at least there were no reminders here, and without the reminders, he could find peace. A peace that was disrupted when the body of a young woman washes ashore and to his surprise, she's alive.
She's keeping secrets and those secrets are a bomb dropped into the life he's built. But he made a promise to himself long ago that if the opportunity to get his hands on DuPont ever fell into his lap, he would take it. And that's exactly what happens, when the body of a woman who used to belong to him washes up on his island. A woman who knows the DuPonts better than anyone.
She's no longer the woman they knew. With a new face and the promise of a new life on the horizon, she's going to do whatever it takes to end their reign and throw a wrench into every aspect of their lives. She was no one once, but finally free, she'll do whatever it takes to be someone again.
The Children Of Refuge books are dark crime stand alone books that can be read in any order.