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Some people survive trauma. Others learn to live inside it. When journalist Samantha Leary begins looking into Safe Haven, a respected recovery center known for helping people rebuild after loss, she expects another story about healing. Instead, she finds something harder to define. Kate returned home from Safe Haven calmer, steadier, and certain she was getting better. But the life waiting for her husband Jonathan and daughter Bethany begins slipping further out of reach. Every concern becomes a misunderstanding. Every delay becomes progress. Every fracture is reframed as part of recovery....

In this exciting sequel to Eddie and Freddy and the Hidden Kingdom, Eddie returns for a new adventure—this time in a mysterious land ruled by the Prince. When the Prince invites Eddie to explore his special part of the kingdom, Eddie discovers a world full of wonder, new friends, and hidden truths. He meets a young boy and girl who help him uncover the secret of the Prince and his kingdom. But when the evil Dragon returns and takes Eddie hostage, everything changes. It’s up to Freddy, Eddie’s loyal best friend, to find the King and lead the rescue mission. Can courage, faith, and ...

Some things don’t become clear because you understand them better. They become clear when you stop trying to force them into a single version. In Stepping Out of the Shadows, Samantha Leary continues her work inside a series of real-world case files drawn from interviews, intake reports, and field observations involving coercive and high-conflict relationships. What begins as routine documentation gradually reveals something harder to ignore: the way people adapt their stories, memories, and explanations in order to survive what they are still inside. Across overlapping cases, ...

Some things do not end when they end. In What They Did to You, Samantha Leary continues her written reflections, turning her attention away from events themselves and toward what remains after they are officially over. The cases are closed. The reports are complete. The conversations have ended. But something still continues in the people who lived through them. Written in first person, this is not a guide, not an analysis, and not a story of resolution. It is an observational record of aftermath—where silence becomes timing, control becomes hesitation, and memory stops being memory and ...

Cases end. Damage doesn’t. In this first-person companion volume from the world of Samantha Leary, she reflects on the hidden ways people disappear—through silence, control, trauma, repetition, and emotional erosion. Blending case memories, interviews, and sharp psychological observations, Life in the Shadows reveals what remains after the visible story is over. Not a novel. A deeper look into the mind and world of Samantha Leary. For mature readers. Samantha Leary Observations Book 1 (Life in the Shadows) Book 2 (Stepping Out of the Shadows) Book 3 (What They Do to You)

Eddie And Freddy’s Adventures Set 2 combines 3 more books from the Eddie And Freddy series into another collection full of laughter, tears and lessons for kids. In this series, kids learn about how to deal with family trauma when Eddie’s family experience three separate situations. Book 1, When Grandma Forgets, teaches kids about issues that arise when Eddie’s Grandma Samantha comes to visit Eddie and Mommy. During her visit, she starts showing symptoms of dementia, a disease that Eddie has never heard of. This disease causes Grandma Samantha to forget things that Eddie and Mommy tell...

When a young girl goes missing, the case seems straightforward—until the layers of manipulation and control start to surface. Jackson Hansen presents himself as the protector, the one who knows what’s best, guiding the girl away from her custodial parent. But Samantha Leary and Detective Greg Dickson quickly realize that safety and loyalty can be dangerous masks for control. As they unravel the strands of influence, deception, and subtle psychological manipulation, the investigation pushes everyone involved to confront how easily trust can be twisted. All Mine to Hold is a tense, ...

The Samantha Leary Psychological Thrillers: Murder House, The House on Teller Hill, and The Midnight Visitors Step into the world of Samantha Leary, where control is never what it seems, and every house hides its own dark secrets. In Murder House, a young woman’s death appears simple—but Samantha knows the details are too precise, the violence too personal. The house itself holds a presence she can’t name, and following the clues drags her into a web of manipulation and deceit. The House on Teller Hill brings Samantha to a home with a hidden history of domination and cruelty. When a ...

Susan Eastridge just wanted a normal night out. She met a man at a bar and went home with him believing she was safe. What happened in that house changed everything. When Samantha Leary receives a late-night call from her cousin saying she was assaulted, Samantha leaves the life she has built in Pleasant Falls and returns to Jewel Heights—a place she hasn’t been in over twenty years, since her father’s murder tore her family apart. Now she has to find out exactly what happened to Susan that night. The detective on the case is the same man who once investigated her father’s murder. ...

Three cases. Three fractures in the human mind. One truth that refuses to stay buried. In this gripping volume from the world of Samantha Leary, nothing is ever as simple as it first appears—and every answer comes at a cost. A woman vanishes from her own home, leaving behind only her purse and a life that doesn’t quite add up. As Samantha traces the quiet patterns of Maggie Mae’s existence, she uncovers a story shaped by control, pressure, and the kind of influence that doesn’t leave marks—but leaves everything changed. In another case, a series of brutal murders reveals a ...

Three separate cases. Three psychological investigations. One woman pulling the truth out of the dark. In this Samantha Leary Psychological Thriller collection, Samantha is drawn into three distinct and escalating investigations—each beginning with a death, a disappearance, or a hidden act of control, and each revealing how far people will go to protect what they’ve built. In My Darling Wife, the murder of Catherine Whitmore exposes a dangerous web of missing manuscripts, political influence, and powerful figures who operate far beyond public scrutiny. As Samantha traces connections ...

Three cases. One truth—control always leaves a mark. A model is found murdered, her beauty turned into something the killer believed he had the right to destroy. A young woman’s death exposes a web of secrets between those who claimed to love her. And when attention turns into obsession, one woman finds herself trapped by someone who refuses to let her go. For Samantha Leary, these cases are more than investigations. They are reflections of something deeper—possession, manipulation, and the dangerous illusion of being seen. As the lines between trust and control begin to blur, ...

When Katie Strongs is found dead under mysterious circumstances, Detective Greg Dickson and reporter Samantha Leary are drawn into a chilling investigation that uncovers a hidden life her parents never knew existed. A web of secrets, manipulative attention, and dangerous trust stretches across schools and communities, pointing to a predator hiding in plain sight. As they dig deeper, they must unravel private chats, hidden meetings, and a pattern of predatory behavior that spans years. Every revelation brings them closer to the truth—but also to the shocking reality of how easily innocence...

On her way to the school bus, eight-year-old Emily vanishes. One moment she’s there, the next, she’s gone—snatched from sight by a predator operating within a system that preys on the vulnerable. Samantha Leary, drawn into the investigation, comes face-to-face with the man suspected of Emily’s abduction. The encounter turns violent, leaving Samantha wounded and shaken—but determined to hold on to the fragile thread of hope that remains. 🔻 EDITORIAL REVIEWS / PRAISE Praise for the Samantha Leary Psychological Thrillers “Quietly unsettling. The tension doesn’t explode—it ...

Samantha Leary thought she’d seen it all. But when a young girl’s life spirals under the weight of relentless bullying, the investigation hits closer to home than ever. Tracking digital trails, interviewing teens, and confronting harsh truths, Samantha must navigate a school’s hidden cruelty and uncover the full story before it’s too late. Every confession, every secret, and every message matters—and the consequences of ignoring them can be deadly. Dark, gripping, and unflinchingly real, Unheard is a gripping story of resilience, justice, and the quiet courage it takes to face the...

A woman opens her door and finds the truth waiting for her. Hilary never meant for anyone to get hurt. What started as a single reckless night—a robbery gone wrong—was supposed to disappear into memory. Instead, it arrives at her doorstep in the form of letters, photographs, says her name, and refuses to leave. Someone knows what she did. As the messages escalate, Hilary is forced to confront not just the crime she buried, but the life that ended because of it—and the family left behind. The harassment stays just inside the law. No threats. No fingerprints. Only precision. Control. ...

A man wakes in a hospital with no memory of a brutal crime. He doesn’t remember the screams, the blood, or the choices that destroyed lives. Samantha Leary is tasked with interviewing him, navigating the fragile lines between memory, denial, and reality. As fragments of his past begin to surface, the truth fractures in ways neither of them can explain. What happens when the worst crime you’ve committed… is something you can’t even remember? And what if the person who did it isn’t fully aware of who they are—or what they’re capable of? Greg Dickson investigates the murder, ...

“People don’t realize when they stop being safe. They only feel it afterward.” ~ Samantha Leary After a night at a bar, Kierra Connor is brutally attacked, and the safety of her home is violently shattered. Traumatized and terrified, she must navigate the aftermath while trying to reclaim control over her life. When Samantha Leary and Greg Dickson take the case, they must piece together the evidence and track down the man who destroyed Kierra’s world. A gripping psychological thriller in the Samantha Leary series, this story is about survival, courage, and confronting the reality of...

Leigh trusted her instincts — until a morning in her quiet neighborhood turned into a nightmare. A stranger appeared, knife in hand, and forced his way into her home, leaving her shaken, bruised, and questioning her own vigilance. Samantha Leary arrives to investigate the aftermath, observing the delicate balance between intuition and vulnerability. Told in immersive, moment-by-moment detail, this novel explores trust, fear, and the weight of danger in everyday life. Based on actual events, fans of psychological thrillers, crime investigations, and character-driven suspense will be ...

When a model is found murdered, her body scarred by acid and her life ended by strangulation, Samantha Leary is pulled into a case that refuses to stay clinical. The violence isn’t random. It’s intentional, intimate, and meant to erase something the killer believed he had the right to destroy. As Samantha works through the evidence — fingerprints, chemical burns, the unmistakable signs of control — she’s forced to confront what the crime says about possession, obsession, and the price women pay for being seen. The victim’s absence lingers, heavy and unresolved, shaping every ...