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Christine Ann Payne - Author
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Victim is an inspirational tale of how a woman courageously withstands far more than her fair share of the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. She is orphaned when she is only five years old and put in the care of her twisted Aunt who hates and despises her, and who plots her death. From that point misfortune blights her every circumstance. She is carried along on the raging river of life never knowing what misfortune awaits her around the next bend. Rapids are followed by deep calms and even pleasant stretches but where is that waterfall? . . .
Motivated solely by the desire for material gain Diana lives her life careless and oblivious of the feelings of others. Her harsh and loveless childhood spent with her twisted and tyrannical mother has shaped and moulded her into a cold, callous, soulless, amoral monster. Diana manipulates everyone she comes into contact with, using every means at her disposal and all purely for selfish gain, but so skilfully that most are unaware of her selfish and sinister motives; humanity has been brainwashed out of her, or so it seems. Indomitable of spirit in business and daily life she gives no quarter and expects none. She sheds no tears and shows no weakness. However deep inside her lurk feelings she cannot understand; feelings which occasionally but fleetingly show themselves . . .
Could it be that our fate is decided for us by some mysterious higher power? For example, is there a special someone... a soul mate... made for each and every one of us? Seems like a silly and, not to mention, unfair idea... but what if it were true... and worse still what if we did not recognise our soul mate when the time came for us to meet? Suppose it were true, but that either through our fault, or due to some other circumstance beyond our control we lost our chance with that one perfect match, would it upset the balance of destiny in some way? Imagine for a moment that it was the truth... would the higher power try to put it right, even though death and time had intervened to prevent, seemingly forever, that which was supposed to be. Intrigue, passion, humour, violence, sex, murder and even a ghostly spectre are the hallmarks of this pleasant and gripping tale.