Chevy Stevens

At thirty-three Sara Gallagher is finally happy. Her antique furniture restoration business is taking off and she’s engaged to a wonderful man. But there’s one big question that still haunts her — who are her birth parents? Sara is finally ready to find out. Sara’s birth mother rejects her—again. Then she discovers her biological father is an infamous killer who’s been hunting women every summer for almost forty years. Sara tries to come to terms with her horrifying parentage — and her fears that she’s inherited more than his looks — with her therapist, Nadine, who we first met in "Still Missing." But soon Sara realizes the only thing worse than finding out your father is a killer is him finding out about you. Some questions are better left unanswered.

Eleven years ago, Lindsey Nash escaped into the night with her young daughter and left an abusive relationship. Her ex-husband, Andrew, was sent to jail and Lindsey started over with a new life. Now, Lindsey is older and wiser, with her own business and a teenage daughter who needs her more than ever. When Andrew is finally released from prison, Lindsey believes she has cut all ties and left the past behind her. But she gets the sense that someone is watching her, tracking her every move. Her new boyfriend is threatened. Her home is invaded, and her daughter is shadowed. Lindsey is convinced it’s her ex-husband, even though he claims he’s a different person. But has he really changed? Is the one who wants her dead closer to home than she thought? With Never Let You Go, Chevy Stevens delivers a chilling, twisting thriller that crackles with suspense as it explores the darkest heart of love and obsession.

On the day she was abducted, Annie O’Sullivan, a 32-year-old realtor, had three goals - sell a house, forget about a recent argument with her mother, and be on time for dinner with her ever-patient boyfriend. The open house is slow, but when her last visitor pulls up in a van as she's about to leave, Annie thinks it just might be her lucky day after all. Still Missing interweaves the year Annie spent as the captive of a psychopath in a remote mountain cabin, which unfold through sessions with her psychiatrist, with a second narrative following the events after her escape—her struggle to piece her shattered life back together and the ongoing police investigation into the identity of her captor. Still Missing is a shocking, visceral, brutal and beautifully crafted novel.

The Cold Creek Highway stretches close to five hundred miles through British Columbia’s rugged wilderness to the west coast. Isolated and vast, it has become a prime hunting ground for predators. For decades, young women traveling the road have gone missing. Motorists and hitchhikers, those passing through or living in one of the small towns scattered along the region, have fallen prey time and again. And no killer or abductor who has stalked the highway has ever been brought to justice. Hailey McBride calls Cold Creek home. Her father taught her to respect nature, how to live and survive off the land, and to never travel the highway alone. Now he’s gone, leaving her a teenage orphan in the care of her aunt whose police officer husband uses his badge as a means to bully and control Hailey. Overwhelmed by grief and forbidden to work, socialize, or date, Hailey vanishes into the mountainous terrain, hoping everyone will believe she’s left town. Rumors spread that she was taken by the highway killer—who’s claimed another victim over the summer. One year later, Beth Chevalier arrives in Cold Creek, where her sister Amber lived—and where she was murdered. Estranged from her parents and seeking closure, Beth takes a waitressing job at the local diner, just as Amber did, desperate to understand what happened to her and why. But Beth’s search for answers puts a target on her back—and threatens to reveal the truth behind Hailey’s disappearance…

They said she was a murderer. They said she killed her sister. But they lied. As a teenager, Toni Murphy had a life full of typical adolescent complications: a boyfriend she adored, a younger sister she couldn’t relate to, a strained relationship with her parents, and classmates who seemed hell-bent on making her life miserable. Things weren’t easy, but Toni could never have predicted how horrific they would become until her younger sister was brutally murdered one summer night. Toni and her boyfriend, Ryan, were convicted of the murder and sent to prison. Now thirty-four, Toni is out on parole and back in her hometown, struggling to adjust to a new life on the outside. Prison changed her, hardened her, and she’s doing everything in her power to avoid violating her parole and going back. This means having absolutely no contact with Ryan, avoiding fellow parolees looking to pick fights, and steering clear of trouble in all its forms. But nothing is making that easy—not Ryan, who is convinced he can figure out the truth; not her mother, who doubts Toni’s innocence; and certainly not the group of women who made Toni’s life hell in high school and may have darker secrets than anyone realizes. No matter how hard she tries, ignoring her old life to start a new one is impossible. Before Toni can truly move on, she must risk everything to find out what really happened that night. But the truth might be the most terrifying thing of all.

Librarian’s note: This is a previously-published edition of Kindle ASIN: B00R1AWE1A. Chevy Stevens is back with her most powerful, emotional thriller yet— a story of survival…and revenge. Life has never been easy for the three Campbell sisters. Jess, Courtney, and Dani live on a remote ranch in Western Canada where they work hard and try to stay out of the way of their father’s fists. One night, a fight gets out of hand and the sisters are forced to go on the run, only to get caught in an even worse nightmare when their truck breaks down in a small town. Events spiral out of control and a chance encounter with the wrong people leaves them in a horrific and desperate situation. They are left with no choice but to change their names and create new lives. Eighteen years later, they are still trying to forget what happened that summer when one of the sisters goes missing and they are pulled back into their past. This time there’s nowhere left to run. As much of a thriller as it is a deep exploration of the bonds among sisters, THOSE GIRLS is an unforgettable portrait of desperation, loyalty, and evil.

She helps people put their demons to rest. But she has a few of her own… In the lockdown ward of a psychiatric hospital, Dr. Nadine Lavoie is in her element. She has the tools to help people, and she has the desire—healing broken families is what she lives for. But Nadine doesn’t want to look too closely at her own past because there are whole chunks of her life that are black holes. It takes all her willpower to tamp down her recurrent claustrophobia, and her daughter, Lisa, is a runaway who has been on the streets for seven years. When a distraught woman, Heather Simeon, is brought into the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit after a suicide attempt, Nadine gently coaxes her story out of her—and learns of some troubling parallels with her own life. Digging deeper, Nadine is forced to confront her traumatic childhood, and the damage that began when she and her brother were brought by their mother to a remote commune on Vancouver Island. What happened to Nadine? Why was their family destroyed? And why does the name Aaron Quinn, the group’s leader, bring complex feelings of terror to Nadine even today? And then, the unthinkable happens, and Nadine realizes that danger is closer to home than she ever imagined. She has no choice but to face what terrifies her the most…and fight back. Sometimes you can leave the past, but you can never escape.

Séparée de son mari qui lui faisait vivre l'enfer, Lindsey a de nouveau l'impression d'être espionnée et suivie jusque chez elle. Et si Andrew, son ex-mari, était revenu ? Un thriller glaçant, par Chevy Stevens, l'auteure de Séquestrée, vendu à plus de 120 000 exemplaires. Lindsey a refait sa vie sur une île proche de Vancouver. Voilà dix ans, la jeune femme avait pris la décision de fuir avec sa fillette un mari qui, sous une apparence d'homme idéal, lui faisait vivre l'enfer. Aujourd'hui, Lindsey a la sensation d'être suivie et espionnée jusque chez elle – comme autrefois. Pour elle, ça ne fait aucun doute : Andrew, son ex-mari – sorti depuis peu de prison – veut se venger. Andrew, lui, prétend qu'il a changé. Sincère repentance ou manipulation machiavélique ? L'enfer recommence ! Et ses flammes vont tout dévaster...

Para Annie O'Sullivan, agente inmobiliaria de Clayton Falls, en la isla de Vancouver, el último cliente del día está a punto de convertirse en su peor pesadilla. Tras la afable sonrisa de aquel hombre, sin embargo, se esconde un psicópata que destrozará su vida. Annie despertará atada en una cabaña en el bosque, lugar en el que permanecerá retenida durante más de un año. Allí deberá aprender a convivir con su enemigo, un ser repugnante y obsesivo cuyos maltratos dejarán una indeleble huella en todo su ser. Ya libre, en su intento por volver a convertirse en una persona normal, superar sus miedos y dejar de dormir todas las noches encerrada en el interior de un armario, Annie irá desgranando ante su psiquiatra la terrible experiencia que se vio obligada a sufrir, reviviendo así aquel largo año que pasó encerrada. Pero el desgaste físico y psicológico a los que se vio expuestos, el doloroso descubrimiento de los motivos por los que "el Animal" decidió secuestrarla, quizá supongan pruebas demasiado duras como para poder recobrar la cordura.

Την ηµέρα που την απήγαγαν, η Aνν Ο' Σάλιβαν, µία τριανταδυάχρονη µεσίτρια ακινήτων, είχε τρεις στόχους. Να πουλήσει ένα σπίτι, να βγάλει από το µυαλό της τον πρόσφατο καβγά που είχε µε τη µητέρα της και να φτάσει έγκαιρα στο ραντεβού που είχε κανονίσει µε το αγόρι της. Η επίδειξη του σπιτιού δεν έχει πολύ κόσµο, αλλά εκεί που ετοιµάζεται να τα µαζέψει και να φύγει, καταφτάνει ο τελευταίος της επισκέπτης µε ένα βαν κι η Aνν σκέφτεται ότι ίσως τελικά σήµερα να είναι η τυχερή της µέρα. Έκανε πολύ µεγάλο λάθος... Τελικά, η αλήθεια δεν είναι πάντα λυτρωτική...

An original ebook short story from New York Times bestselling author Chevy Stevens featuring Psychiatrist Nadine Lavoie and Staff Sergeant Sandy McBride, from Never Knowing. Sandy is working the biggest case of her life—the Campsite Killer, who has been hunting women for almost forty years. She's finally close to nailing him, if she can just keep her head in the game. But when an old friend calls with a lead about Sandy's mother's murder, Sandy is pulled into the past—a past she thought she'd closed the door on. Her life is about to get real complicated, real fast.

WITH OVER 1.5 MILLION COPIES SOLD . . . Chevy Stevens has garnered acclaim from literary giants, including Stephen King who called THOSE GIRLS “incredibly scary and suspenseful” and Gillian Flynn who called STILL MISSING “utterly absorbing.” With THE HITCHHIKERS, she forges new ground with a novel that will both terrify you and break your heart. On the remote Canadian highways in 1976, Tom and Alice set out to heal their fractured marriage. An RV, a new beginning, and the hope of recovery after a devastating tragedy. Then they meet two young hitchhikers, Ocean and Blue—a seemingly innocent couple who aren’t who they seem. . . . They are Jenny and Simon. And they have left a trail of blood, destruction, and madness behind them. Now Tom and Alice are trapped—prisoners in a deadly game, with nowhere to turn. But as the tension builds and the lines blur, the question becomes, In whose heart does evil truly lie? A chilling, twist-laden ride to the final page—THE HITCHHIKERS is a master class in suspense and shock.