In Held Hostage, Rebecca Mae Hill painfully recounts her childhood in Jug Hollow, Alabama. She endures not just abuse, neglect, and homelessness, but also faces the aching loneliness of being invisible to those who should protect her.

 

Her world shatters when she is abducted, and her parents abandon her to face unspeakable trauma alone. She leaves home at an early age to make her own way through life. At the height of her success, she is haunted by a sinister secret. To move forward, Mae must confront her childhood demons. Will she find the strength to reveal the truth she's buried for so long?