Previously published under the title 'Strength To Survive' Lucy Simmons was a naive, sheltered young woman living in a protective bubble until one day her world came crashing down around her and she was thrown very violently into reality. Depressed and alone, she finds herself rushed into a violent marriage, trapped with a monster, a man of pure evil she had never even known existed. Realising one day that her life is in danger she flees to her one savior, her brother Matt. The only problem is he is thousands of miles away from her. She battles to get to him and with his help and that of his two Ex-marine allies she fights to survive the horror of the past and the hell of what is coming. Will her husband ever let her go? Hunted down by a monster and haunted by the demons of the past all odds are stacked against her, but she is not alone. The men in her life will do anything to protect her. This is the story of one woman's struggle to claw her way out of hell and find the strength to stand up to true evil. She will do whatever it takes to rid herself of her horrifying past and find her 'happily ever after' This is book 1 in the Shepard Security series and can be read as a standalone. No cliffhangers.