Sharon Muse
Fighting
Back
By Tracy Crump
A
s her abductor’s knife pressed into her throat, lawyer
Sharon Muse thought of her parents. They would
never know what happened to her.
Minutes earlier, a former client had wormed his
way into her car and forced her to drive to a desolate
spot. There, he obviously planned to rape and kill her
and dispose of her body in the woods. She fought him
but couldn’t escape the 220-pound fanatic bent on
her destruction. Just when she saw no way out, God
supernaturally intervened to rescue her.
Then began the second greatest battle of her life—
fighting the justice system for seven years to have her
would-be murderer locked away for good. The day he
was arrested, he threatened to come back and kill her.
His words haunted Sharon. She took self-defense classes,
slept with a gun by her bed, and lived in terror that he
would make bail. Finally, she’d had enough. She would kill
this monster before he killed her. Sharon began plotting
a murder, but once again God intervened—this time by
allowing her to forgive.
Sharon chronicles her harrowing experiences in
Kidnapped by a Client: An Attorney’s Fight for Justice at Any
Cost (Skyhorse Publishing), which is available for preorder
on Amazon. “It’s not a self-help book,” she says, though it
outlines plenty of self-protection tactics and offers valuable
advice and resources for victims.
Instead, readers will journey with a woman whose story
could conceivably become their own. “Kidnapped by a Client
pulls back the curtain on a true crime event and the criminal
justice system so readers can experience the roller coaster ride
with me,” Sharon says. “More than just an interesting story,
it’s a story that may save lives.”
But the book is only one stepping-stone on the path
God has laid out for Sharon to help those who might
find themselves in a similar situation. Her website, www.
OwnYourMoment.org, contains a wealth of information to
prevent other women from becoming victims. On one page,
Sharon speaks candidly about how she “Missed 14 Clues in
62 Seconds” that led to her abduction. She notes that she was
raised with Christian values and Southern hospitality which
made it harder for her to identify the threat she faced and do
whatever it took to get herself out of harm’s way. One talk-
show host called her a “nonstop activist” in teaching people
to live confident lives and avoid becoming targets.
Sharon also cut back her law practice to focus on helping
victims navigate the criminal justice system. Despite her
legal background, she became a voiceless victim of the court
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