Returned Broken: Winner, BookLogix Women’s Writing Contest

country.”

How does one return from a nightmare unscathed? Dr. Clair Stevens, a newlywed pediatrician, has to come to terms with that question when
she is suddenly and violently kidnapped while volunteering in Syria. Surrounded by violence and horror, she must find solace in even the
smallest acts of kindness—but not even these are without peril, and soon she must reckon with the unthinkable when she begins to develop
feelings for her captor.

Clair is only just learning how to survive when she is finally rescued and brought back to her loving husband. But when it seems that a normal
life is once again within her grasp, she learns a truth that, if revealed, could undo everything she’s started to rebuild. The thrilling debut novel
by Judith Keller, Returned Broken tells an unforgettable story of one woman’s battle with trauma, forgiveness, and self-discovery as she is
thrust into a nightmare that refuses to end.’

*Winner, BookLogix Women's Writing Contest