Both stories are in one book! Trapped in a cage, fighting for her life, will she survive the night? Gretel is a blood-curdling serial killer thriller, that tells the story of seventeen-year-old Lucy, taken against her will five years ago. Caged up with no one left to protect her she must survive the night or become the killer’s latest victim. After he killed her, she wept. Body bags and chainsaws stripped the night clean. Her mind was a mess of revulsion, as the silence took over and the girls pleaded for their lives. Had it been five years already? Trapped down in the darkness, away from reality. Now Jess was gone, brutally murdered; she was like a lamb to the slaughter… and tonight was the feast. Halloween had arrived and that meant only one thing, candy bars, and corruption he took her screaming soul from the cage and introduced her to her former best friend. Locked away, beaten and broken, can Hansel survive his mother's wrath? Hansel is a sweet young boy, innocent until corrupted by the darkness of his mother's shadow. Trapped and fighting for his survival, he is forced to maim and torture; developing a thirst for the righteous and the holy. As a born-again soldier of God, he believes his path is guided by the Lord's hand. But when he takes his first kill, everything changes. Is he prepared to worship his true nature, or will he spare the only girl he’s ever loved? Find out in this bloodthirsty serial killer thriller, featuring murder, manipulation, and the key to unlocking the mind of a serial killer. Hansel... are you safe in the shadows? Trigger You're entering the mind of a serial killer, it's going to be damned well horrific. So be prepared for a psychological horror with a sadistic touch. Absent of emotion, Hansel strives to seek his place in the world, but his only influence is his Mama. She's a psychopath. Need I say more?