The Darkness Within — Shawn MacDonald

A MOTHER'S BETRAYAL


It wasn't that she didn't love her daughter -- she did. But there was a fortune at stake and the only way she could claim it was to allow her darling Anne to spend every Saturday morning with her grandmother. She knew horrible things happened behind the walls of Grandmother's house, but she chose to ignore it. After all, it wasn't as if Grandmother would live forever. Once they had their inheritance, surely Anne would be able to forgive and forget…


A DAUGHTER'S VENGEANCE


They said she was a bad girl, and all bad girls had to be punished. But Anne Dennessy didn't think she was bad, even though she suffered at the hands of her wicked grandmother and selfish mother for years and believed the lies she was told until she found the strength to escape. Now Anne has two darling little girls of her own, but the evil that shadowed her childhood has returned. And this time Anne will do anything to banish that evil. Because bad girls don't necessarily become good. Sometimes they become dangerous…