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Bitter Memories A Memoir of Heartache & Survival by Sue Julsen

Bitter Memories, a memoir told from the heart, is the true story of my early life after being kidnapped by my father.

I was only three years old.

Now living a life on the run, hungry, terrified and abused, Sarah (my name in the book) doesn't know if I'll ever see my mother or my home again.

As the abuse escalates, Sarah splits into multiple personalities in order to survive.

Although the names in this unforgettable story have been changed to protect the innocent, and the guilty, the events are factual.

Bitter Memories is a heartfelt journey into the world of extreme child abuse, but also the will to survive.

This book is dedicated to all abuse survivors, and is written in hopes that exposing these horrors will help prevent them from happening to others.

Explicit and unnerving, Bitter Memories is not a cozy, feel-good book. It does contain adult language and overt sexual content.

Drowning In Memories is the story my fans have waited for.

With a bonus story at the end, this book is written in two parts.

Part One continues the true story after going to live with my uncle, the cop, and his heavy-handed wife, then moving on to after l left home.

Part Two I talk about many times in my life. I tell about my mother's sister, who I ended up living with and running away from, and of a time I literally ran from an abusive husband with nothing but my Siamese cat and what clothes I could fit into a paper sack, finding I was happier than I'd ever been in my life. I also talk about my big brother who I'd never met in book one.

Included is the bonus story, a very special tribute about a wonderful man who brought me back from a never-ending abyss after my suicide attempt, giving me hope to go on. This man changed the direction of my life.

Cutter's Revenge, the last in the series, is very little truth mixed with crime fiction to complete the series in a way that I wanted my story to end by getting my pound of revenge for some who hurt me.

A man believing he has amnesia walks the streets trying to remember who he is; where he came from, when in reality he suffers from a personality disorder.

Henry Frye is at his wits end after numerous men and women vanish from small area towns, then one of his own officers turns up missing.

He doesn't know a serial killer will soon be stalking his own backyard.

Determined to find out all she can about the missing people, Henry's dispatcher uncovers an old Army report with a picture showing frightening, sadistic eyes of a Stan Clark, later nicknamed "Cutter" by the Army.

When a car fitting Clark's vehicle is spotted on the highway, and he makes a run for it, officers from area towns join the chase, pursuing the suspect to a house on a hill.

Once inside the house, the officers stumble upon a delusional maniac in the basement, and a gruesome sight upstairs. Pure evil lives here!

Before years of lies from the past can destroy him, Henry opens his heart and soul, praying Sarah can forgive him when she hears the truth.

And, for my fiction fans, this book is for you!

Trophy Murders, based on the true story, is the realistic fiction sequel that continues Sarah's story from Bitter Memories, mixing some truth with an exciting crime story.

Munday, Texas: Small town. Peaceful. Quiet. The perfect place to raise a family—or is it?

Henry Frye, the new police chief, is asking himself this question after a gang moves into town and a murdering spree begins.

How many of his townsfolk must die before he catches the ones responsible for turning his town into a place of terror?

Sarah's repeated nightmares
takes Henry to the prison to talk to her father. Henry wants answers, but will Eli tell him the truth? When Jake Miller, Henry's ex-captain and friend, shows up, unannounced, Henry knows something is terribly wrong.

He's been waiting all day for an overdue call from Mona, his mistress; the love of his life. Has something happened to her? What does Jake know?

Things heat up after a fiery car crash leaves one gang member hanging onto life. Can Henry find out all he needs to know before the man dies?

Henry and Officer Holloway enter the gang's house where they find more bodies, a gruesome sight in the kitchen, and a "shrine" that unnerves Henry.

This completes the Bitter Memories series, but please visit my website to learn about my other books.