Some people die long before their heart stops beating. Rainey Paxton is convinced there is a link between the disappearances of several women and her friend Winnie. Her obsession leads her back to the mysterious house where she said goodbye to Winnie years prior. Rainey is certain there is something sinister about the man who took her friend to Florida. Meanwhile, seventeen-year-old Dakota Jagger is on her own looking for shelter. While roaming the city streets, Dakota meets a charming and persuasive man who offers to help her. This is the same man who stalks women and keeps them as his own. Dakota does not know the man she trusts is a serial killer until she wakes up in a cold, dark place with no recollection of how she got there. The only hope for any survivors is if Rainey Paxton has enough fire in her belly to feed her craving to find Winnie. **WARNING** 18+ Readers Only. Graphic content and subject matter. Girls Missing eBook categories: Horror Novels - Psychological Thriller - Psychological Horror - Suspenseful Novels - Realistic Fiction - Thriller - Dark Kidnapping - Disturbing - Crime Fiction - Murder - Family Drama Novels - Vigilante Justice - Suspense Horror - Serial Killer - Street Gangs Praise For Girls Missing "Paige really pulled some good twists on me. I could not go to bed last night until I knew how it ended." - Alicia, Instagram "Paige Dearth writes real life horror. Her stories are bone chilling, tear jerking and thought provoking - no demons or haunted house needed!" - Ronita, Goodreads "I've read hundreds and hundreds of books. But no author has pulled me under their spell of intense writing like this author." - Ace, Amazon Reviewer "This author makes you feel like you are right there in the story. In the room with the main character. Seeing it firsthand." - Isabella, Amazon Reviewer "Fabulous story. I could not put it down! Vivid scenes. Heartbreaking and inspiring." - Ms. Lanie, Amazon Reviewer Paige Dearth, a survivor of childhood abuse, was raised outside of Philadelphia. By her early twenties, she was a new mother with a heroin-addicted husband. Never a good student in high school, Dearth would later earn a master's degree while balancing a full-time job and parenting alone. She remarried and spent more than two decades working in corporate America.   In 2011, she achieved her dream of becoming a writer by releasing her debut novel,  Believe Like A Child. The beginning of Believe Like A Child is based on real events from Paige's childhood. Paige's novels present a fine balance between what lives on in her imagination and the evil that lurks in the real world.   Paige writes real-life horror and refers to her work as: Fiction with Meaning. She hopes that awareness through fiction creates prevention.   Paige lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with her husband Mike, and dog, Benny.