Cheaper to keep her

the long version

"Lynise blackmailed one of the federal agents to help her escape the safe house. Her whole plan was to find a new life away from all the agents that were assigned to protect her and the street hustlers that wanted her dead but what she found was a serial killer that wanted to hold her against her will. Unfortunately, she has yet to learn how to stay out of harm's way. Trouble seems to lurk around every corner. What she will learn is that while she's in the hands of the serial killer her odds of staying alive will decrease by each passing day. And when the word gets out that she is back in town, she will have yet another fight on her hands. Amid all this turmoil, Lynise's life will take a dramatic turn, and it will leave a few people reeling. So will she live to tell others about it?"-- From back cover.