Battered Badge

Book excerpt: She was only eighteen years old when she first tasted the blood of violence. She was a young mother tired of the abuse and constantly on the run, escaping the raging fists of her husband, the man she once loved and trusted. Betrayal of his promises, the beatings and a near-death experience brought her to find refuge behind a police badge. Her chilling details of abuse, takes you on a long journey where she finally ends the family violence and becomes a cop. Based on a true story, Aileen Christine takes you back into the early 1970's when most police officers were reluctant to make an arrest during a domestic violence call.