Tracy Ross never knew her biological father who died after a brain aneurysm when she was still an infant. When her mother married Donnie, four-year-old Tracy got a step-father who was gregarious and loved the outdoors. The family was close and Tracy had the dad she dreamed of---protective, brave and kind. His nightime visits began when Tracy was eight and her childhood became a confusing blend of normal little girl moments and the sickening, secret invasion of her safety. She became a teen-age runaway and at the age of sixteen realized she must take control of her own future so she sent herself to boarding school and began a twenty-year journey towards recovery, using the outdoors she had loved as a child to help the healing process.
