Threatened Identity

About the Book

Book Description Gabriella was a levelheaded, high-spirited ten year old, who was over active, popular and had a great deal of love and respect for her parents. Her best friend was Skipper, her Great Dane dog. He looked like he could eat an intruder in a blink of an eye, when in reality he was as gentle as a kitten. Skipper had been around for as long as Gabbie could remember. Gabbie, Skipper, Anna their nanny and her parents had moved to this small Kansas mid-western town seven years ago from Missouri. Gabbie was too young to remember the details, but she remembered playing with Skipper when she was just a toddler. A turn of events leads Gabbie away from the community she knew so well into an unknown situation while searching for her lost dog. Not only does she witness the brutal murder of her beloved Skipper, she undergoes a traumatic two nights away from home that leaves her in a coma in the hospital. Several weeks pass until she wakes from her coma, and is later dismissed from the hospital. Learning that she has amnesia is hard enough to cope with, but dealing with her temporary paralysis leads her into a deep depression and unforeseen tragic events. Unable to bring Gabbie out of her depression and the trauma of losing her dog, her parents make a horrific decision to tell her that she is adopted and then bring a stranger into her life, whom they feel will cheer her up when in reality it starts a chain of events no one is prepared for. The secret stranger and Gabbie have a great deal of adjusting to do and must learn how to get along together. Constant arguments, fights and jealousy lead them on a journey near destruction. Can Gabbie adjust to the threat of a stranger in her home she feels is taking her place? Will things get so out of hand that Anna, who knows the real truth have to intervene? What possible secret mystery will be unveiled that will change these two lives forever? Why had Skipper left the dance studio that snowy November afternoon? Secrets and confessions lead Gabbie to a new journey in life and all is finally revealed. What did Gabbie learn that turned her anger and jealousy into a deep bonding love and trust towards the stranger that becomes closer than her relationship had been with Skipper?

About the Author

Beverly Winters started writing at a very early age. In elementary school she started writing poetry and later short stories. Writing has always been her passion and in recent years she started writing for children as well as adults. This small collection of various short stories combined into a book is a first book publication for her. She has however published several of her poems and is currently working on a multitude of other writing projects, including an autobiography and a children’s novel.