Morgan Sage is a mother of two who has been divorced and remarried.
She is savvy, bright, successful and sensitive and she loves her kids more than anything on Earth. She thought that bringing a man and a father figure into the fold of her family was just what they needed to be whole again. She had no idea that the man she delivered to her children would be a monster.
As Morgan faces her hardest battle yet and struggles to escape her predator, her mum, best mate, outstanding colleague and attorney stand beside her. She gets away, seeking refuge with the people who care about her.
However, the monster is not ready to let Morgan go and constantly shocks the people around her at the extremes he will go to cause terror. It is the day-to-day battles that prove to be harrowing.
Everyone needs a safe place to nest – getting there is the unknown.
Literary, Women's Fiction, Domestic Violence, Strong Female Characters
About The Author
Patricia Gordon Stevens is a writer from Memphis Tennessee now living in Kapunda, South Australia with her British husband. She spends her time putting pen to paper in the beautiful, peaceful landscape between the Barossa and Clare Valleys. Her debut fictional novel, ‘Madness in Memphis’, exposes the reality of living with domestic violence and the challenges many women face when they attempt to escape.
As a mature student, Patricia studied Psychological Science and Sociology at the University of South Australia, before graduating from Edith Cowan University with a Master’s in Counselling in 2024. She now runs her own business, Maxwell House Counselling, where she specialises in working with clients experiencing anxiety, loneliness, grief, bereavement and trauma. She is a certified death doula and volunteers at Kapunda aged care homes. She believes that nobody should be alone on their last journey.
In her professional life, she was a marketing and corporate events manager for Barossa based companies, writing and recording radio commercials for Chateau Tanunda and The Beer Girls. Patricia and her husband also owned The Wheatsheaf Pub in Allendale North, SA, where she worked primarily in public relations and marketing, and even sometimes donned a chef’s hat!
She treasures living in their 1860s cottage with her husband and any furry, four-legged being that drops by and decides to make the house their home.
