The Stolen Truth

By S.J. Gibbs

A baby's cry echoes from the past, but Zara only hears it when she turns twenty-one. With doting, if overprotective, parents and a future finally beginning to take shape, she never questioned the story of her adoption-until a family dinner joke lands like a stone, and her parents' strained smiles ignite the first spark of doubt.
Encouraged by a new friend who quickly becomes more, Zara sifts through the papers and photographs tucked away in her childhood keepsakes. What she finds is not comfort, but contradictions: a hospital bracelet with a stranger's name, an unfamiliar address, and shadows that seem to follow her everywhere.
When an old news report surfaces about a baby girl stolen seventeen years ago, Zara's world unravels. Reaching out to her possible birth family only deepens the wound-they don't believe her, and her adoptive parents refuse to explain. As secrets crack open, Zara discovers a far darker truth than she imagined: her life was never the product of chance, but of betrayal, cover-ups, and choices made in fear.
Now caught between two families-one who raised her, one who may have lost her-Zara must confront the danger that still lurks in the present and decide who she will become when the truth is no longer stolen but hers to claim.
The Stolen Truth is a tense, emotional thriller about identity, loyalty, and what it costs to uncover the past.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FS18TZC4
• ISBN13: 9798266473225
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"