INVISIBLE BARS: A Dark Psychological Thriller of Captivity and Buried Secrets

Nellie remembers nothing before the cabin.Her world begins and ends with Jack and their little girl, Aster. Every day is the same: keep the fire burning, keep Aster quiet, and keep Jack happy.Jack says the world outside is gone-that beyond the woods lie only ash, death, and danger.Nellie believes him.She has to.Then she finds the doll.It shouldn't exist. Neither should the memories it awakens.Cracks appear in the life Nellie has accepted. Jack's scavenging trips grow longer. His temper grows darker. And the wooden box he guards so fiercely seems tied to something Nellie can almost remember.Something Jack desperately wants her to forget.As fragments of her past surface, Nellie realizes her life may be a carefully constructed lie. The closer she gets to the truth, the more dangerous Jack becomes.Then his rage turns toward Aster.Now Nellie must protect her daughter and uncover what happened before the cabin-even if the truth destroys everything she believes about herself.Because the most terrifying prison has no locks.And the real cage may be inside her own mind. Book 3 of 5 in the Maddison, Indiana Thrillers series. Previously published as "Cage of Invisible Bars" by Dawn Merriman