Gray After Dark by Noelle W. Ihli

 

Sooooo gooooood!!!!!! And the fact it's based on a true story is just icing on the cake!! Gray After Dark is about the abduction of Miley Petrowski, a professional biathlon athlete who was training at Hidden Springs Resort. The resort had a missing person case 4 years prior, of a girl named Rayna. When they found torn bloody clothing, they assumed Rayna was attacked by a bear and died. One day, when Miley was out for a run, she was abducted by father and son Fred and Hamish. When they took her to their "home", she found another girl that's similar age there, named Mary. Soon she realized Mary is the missing girl Rayna. Fred and Hamish renames Miley "Ruthie Sue" and is determined to turn her into a slave by torturing her. She notices Rayna is missing an eye and finds out she had been through the same treatment 4 years ago and has learned to behave now. This makes it difficult for Miley to conspire with her to escape. In the meanwhile, the resort has alerted the cops and started searching for her for days. When they found torn bloody clothing, the police called off the search and claimed it was another bear attack. Miley's old friend Brent refuse to give up, and her new co-worker Wes agreed to keep searching. Brent and Wes makes it through the wilderness day after day searching for her, camping together in a small tent each night. Miley has tried to escape but each time, the plan is foiled and she is subjected to more cruelty. Finally, Wes and Brent come across Miley, but Hamish shows up and shoots and kills Wes and injures Brent with a bullet that punctures his lung. Miley claims Brent is dead and covers him with a blanket. She tells Hamish she didn't know Brent or Wes and pretends to be grateful for Hamish's "protection". Seeing the killing of Wes, Mary is shaken and decides to help Miley escape. Miley picks up Brent's rifle and shoots and kills Fred. Hamish escapes and runs towards Brent, only to be stopped by Rayna using the bear spray on him. This gives Miley the opportunity to shoot and kill Hamish as well. Rayna attends Brent while Miley runs through the night back to the resort. The resort calls an emergency medical helicopter and rescues Brent and Rayna. Four years later, Miley and Brent are married with a baby, and win silver medals at the olympics, with Rayna cheering them on.