Sample Sunday: An Excerpt From Seed

After the kids were asleep, Aimee popped a bag of microwave popcorn, selected a flick she couldn't watch with the girls around, and decided to have her own girls-night-in just as Jack had suggested. With the lights off and the television throwing blue shadows across the room, she tried to relax and forget all that had happened in the past couple of days.

It was futile: her mind wouldn't shut off. That incessant scratching was getting louder; loud enough now to make her wonder if it would...