Caught Under Ice

by Cindy Butler

Sadie couldn't breathe and could feel her legs slipping out from under her. She had just come face to face with her worst nightmare: losing a child. Sadie had left her son with her parents ten years prior and had never returned for him. She was always going to, but never seemed to get there. Now she was being told that he gone went down with his ship in the Pacific. Sadie's nervous breakdown was so severe that her local doctor could not help her. With the advice of her doctor, Sadie's husband Jack sent her to a sanitarium in Idaho for treatment. Sadie's psychiatrist is well-known in the industry and considered one of the top professionals of his day. Dr. Strong hides his dark side from his colleagues, and uses his position to choose his next victim, and then focuses his skills to get absolute control. It's a game to him, and the only way for his victims to escape is to die. Sadie's beauty and her frailty attract Dr. Strong, and she becomes his next victim. Dr. Strong takes advantage of her trust in her doctor, and uses every tool available to him to get Sadie to succumb to his advances. Sadie is left to endure the cruel treatments that are acceptable for the time, and she must sort through her foggy memory and grief in order to survive. Sadie is all alone in her battle to survive as no one, including her husband Jack, questions Dr. Strong or his motives. At one point they all think that Sadie is confused because of her illness. Sadie fights her battle alone. She must remember, she must grieve, she must choose, and she must survive. Will she remember who she is, and why she made her long-ago decisions, in time to save her own life? Find out in Caught Under Ice, author Cindy Butler's second novel.

Kindle Edition

First published October 29, 2013

About the author

Cindy grew up on a farm in the Midwest. During the summers books were the central draw of entertainment for the long summer days. Once all the books were read several times, Cindy would let her imagination go and make up her own stories. She would grab a bit of trivia from her young memories, and then create a fantasy world of ‘what ifs’. At the age of ten, Cindy decided that she wanted to be a writer. As she grew up and raised her family, Cindy dabbled in the writing world, but couldn’t find the solitude or devotion she felt was needed to focus on her writing. As Cindy became more and more dissatisfied with her successful life, she finally realized that she had to write. Writing was her passion, and writing was to be her life. She learned to steal a few minutes a day to allow herself to be whisked away into a world that knew no bounds, and that allowed her to see and create worlds where life’s passions always won over hardship. Cindy now writes for the sheer joy of seeing the words form on the paper. And the knowing that she has something to say that people want to hear. Cindy Butler divides her time with her animals, her extended family, her writing, and discovering and enjoying the natural beauty of New England.