Foreword
Things are not always what they seem. A defenseless woman is not always lacking in protection, though that protection may come later in the form of retribution. And the bully, the man holding power, is not always as all powerful as he seems.
This is a book about a rural sheriffs abuse of power, and more particularly, his abuse of women. It is not solely about sheriffs and army wives. It is about how corrupting power needs a corrupt individual to exercise it and how a victim must cease to be a victim when she decides to cease cooperation.
There is cooperation between the victim and the abuser-always.
But things are not always as they seem on the surface. People are strong because they are part of relationships. A physically weak woman becomes strong when she has a physically powerful man.
An intellectually weak man can gain strength from a relationship with an intellectually strong man. It is a matter of fighting on one's own terms.
And it is always worthwhile to remember that where there is brute force, there is always a greater brute force waiting. That someone is always smarter than the smartest man in the world. And that sex really demands cooperation-or retribution.
-THE PUBLISHER