num_pages: 324
description: A novel of domestic suspense in which a mother must decide how far she is willing to go to protect her child and the life she loves -- a tale of power privilege lies revenge and the choices we make ones that transform our lives in unforeseen ways.Revenge doesn't wait for permission.Growing up poor in rural Georgia Bree Cabbat was warned that the world was a dark and scary place. Bree rejected that fearful outlook and life has proved her right. Having married into a family with wealth power and connections Bree now has all a woman could ever dream of.Until the day she awakens and sees someone peering into her bedroom window--an old gray-haired woman dressed all in black who vanishes as quickly as she appears. It must be a play of the early morning light or the remnant of a waking dream Bree tells herself shaking off the bad feeling that overcomes her.Later that day though she spies the old woman again in the parking lot of her daughters' private school . . . just minutes before Bree's infant son asleep in his car seat only a few feet away vanishes. It happened so quickly--Bree looked away only for a second. There is a note left in his place warning her that she is being is being watched; if she wants her baby back she must not call the police or deviate in any way from the instructions that will follow.The mysterious woman makes contact and Bree learns she too is a mother. Why would another mother do this? What does she want? And why has she targeted Bree? Of course Bree will pay anything do anything. It's her child.To get her baby back Bree must complete one small--but critical--task. It seems harmless enough but her action comes with a devastating price.Bree will do whatever it takes to protect her family--but what if the cost tears their world apart?
language: English
title: Mother May I
publisher: William Morrow