Jeni Caudill Whitaker

Shades of Gray Jeni Caudill Whitaker

Cara Davis is a lonely thirteen-year-old girl. She has a drug addicted mother, two sisters that can't seem to stand her, and she lives in a trailer. Life sucks for Cara, and then she's kidnapped by a guy named Alex Stone. However, it's not the usual story he wants to educate her and groom her to be the 'perfect wife'. He wants to save her from the horrible life she's been living.

Eventually someone recognizes her. Thrust back into her old life after being gone for so long, Cara's not sure how she should act. She's fallen in love with Alex, but everyone is telling her she's been brainwashed. Her world is further flipped upside down when she also finds out that her mother may have been involved in her disappearance. Was she or wasn't she? That's what Alex is telling her, but who can she really believe?

Will Cara and Alex survive or will she realize that he may not be Prince Charming after all? Is it real love or just Stockholm Syndrome?