The Other Sister
General Travis Bains has two daughters, one who is good, and one who is bad. Everyone knows Lindsey is the good one, and Jessie is the bad one.
Jessie Bains is the other sister, the bad sister, which she has proven more often than not, until the day she gets kidnapped and brutally raped. Will Hendricks, one of her father’s soldiers, rescues her and brings her home, but fears she may be nearly destroyed by what is done to her. The most important thing, however, is that no one can know, per the general’s orders.
Jessie’s life was always far from normal as the daughter of one of the most revered generals in the world. No one sees what the general does to Jessie, except Will. When Will discovers the danger Jessie is living in at her father’s hand, he once again rescues her. Will has survived the horrors of war, but is now engaged in a battle that has become far more personal and far more deadly. Will alone realizes what the general has done and will do to destroy his “other” daughter.
**Due to mature subject matter and language this book is recommended for readers aged 17+.**
EXCERPT
He stepped forward, putting his arm around her. She was about to attack and he knew it. He didn’t blame her. “Not today, Jessie,” he said quietly into her ear. “Today, you’re just going to be quiet.”
Lindsey’s eyes opened in awe when Will glanced at her. How easily he managed to stop Jessie. How easily she responded to just a little bit of care, a little bit of respect, a little bit of love.
“I want you to let your sister help you.”
“And you? Do I pretend I never knew you?”
“No. Write to me. Like you did before. Only send them through a friend of mine. This time, no one will intercept your letters.”
“Will you call me?”
“No. I won’t contact you very much.”
“Why?”
“You know why.”
“I hate you for this, soldier.”
He looked into her eyes and saw the opposite. “I know.”
He surprised her, as well as Lindsey, when he lifted her off her feet, and held her to him. In his arms. Next to his face. Her arms encircled him, and he held her. He leaned down and his lips touched hers in a soft, gentle, closed-mouth kiss that spoke of leaving and longing and all the other things he couldn’t tell Jessie.
“I told you a long time ago, someday, things would be different for you. This is the only way I know how to fulfill that promise for you.”
With that, he released her and watched her eyes filling with tears as she nearly collapsed on the couch. Lindsey came over to her and they awkwardly figured out how to hug each other. Will leaned down and gathered his bag. As he turned to leave, he saw the two sisters huddled together, tears falling from their eyes.
“Goodbye, Jessie,” he said as he turned and left her.
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“I have type of books I call THOSE book. A book that reaches into your soul and touches you so deeply that you’re left thinking about it days after you’ve finished it. The Other Sister was one of those books for me.”
“Words cannot describe all the emotions I went through reading this book. It’s very rare for a book to bring me to tears but the story of Jessie Bains is so heartbreaking and shocking in the atrocities that were done to her…. Its always a pleasant surprise when I come across a book like this, one that touches you so deeply your left thinking about even afterwards.”
“Intense, emotional, holy sh*t how did I never read this story before now??”
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