Standing Still by Kelly Simmons

A mother's worst nightmare comes true when Claire Cooper discovers a stranger attempting to kidnap her young daughter in the middle of the night. Claire's first thought is to ask the man to take her instead. He agrees. Slowly, she learns why her family was targeted and the lengths her husband will or won't go to on her behalf. Claire also develops a relationship with her kidnapper even though she doesn't know his name. Interspersed throughout the book are flashbacks to scenes in Claire's past that reveal who she is. Standing Still is a novel about the trials of a woman's life, framed by the account of a complex ordeal. I wanted to keep turning the pages to see how it ended.