Sleep then My Princess, a chilling fast-paced thriller, set in Arizona, where the desert becomes a place of fear.Losing her husband in a tragic accident seems to be the least of Stephani Robbins problems when she finds herself trapped in a series of unexpected events.A secret ‘admirer’ overwhelms her with creepy presents, recurrent visions of a child she can't recognize, and her struggle to save the life of a loved one puts her in the cross-hairs of a serial killer.When Stephani is abducted and face to face with a killer, she learns alarming secrets about her childhood.She will need all her wits to survive.What some of my beta readers said..."Wow! You've got a thriller with a level of horrific reality here.You take the reader inside a perverted serial killer's head and an innocent woman whose life has been ripped from her and whose present season of recovery is being trespassed. You describe the love of an adoring niece for her mourning auntie and this connects the reader to the prologue and adds another level of emotion to this already captivating plot.What a book!" The seed for my thriller Sleep then My Princess was planted many years ago when I was nine-years-old. Our family went to visit friends. My parents were sitting at their friends' dining table after they had enjoyed a home cooked lunch and the discussion was about a woman who lived across the road from these friends. This woman was minding a pre-school age child from Monday to Friday. This child slept in the chicken shed at night summer and winter and was only cleaned up before her mother came to pick her up on Friday evening. I was shocked as were my parents. This seed grew into a story which is part fiction and part fact. When I was holidaying in Arizona I came across a news report which had a startling similarity to that long remembered discussion between my parents and their friends and I knew I must write this story. I'm an author and reader from Australia. I love creating something from the world around me. My characters are from everywhere and nowhere.As a child I read books like... Winnie-the-Pooh, Alice in Wonderland and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Now I read books by James Patterson, Lee Child, John Grisham, Clive Cussler, Jack Higgins, Ruth Rendell, Minette Walters and Sue Grafton.  However, I will read anything that captures my interest.   If there is a good story out there, I want to read it!  I enjoy practicing Tai Chi and Tai Chi Sword. I love to watch soccer, tennis  and Formula 1 Racing.