The Grim

Strain in the neck, pulsating and bleeding eye. Jaycee Baynes awakens in the hospital with the sound of gun fire echoing in her head. She doesn't remember much about May 23rd. All she knows for certain is that she did indeed kill her ex-lover-and isn't the slightest remorseful. Now, incarcerated at an in-patient psychiatric facility, she must attempt to regain her memory of the event that shattered her world to its very core. Gripped by both psychosis and her desperation to know the truth, Jaycee faces the long dark of recovery to seemingly endless obstacles of doubt and mystery. Haunted daily by the presence of her bullet-riddled ex, Jaycee teeters on the edge of reality, knowing that, without her ex's help, she may never escape the prison that has become...The Grim. Delightfully unpredictable, The Grim is an edge-of-your-seat thrill ride that leaves you yearning until the very end. Born in Washington D.C., Raynetta excelled early at reading and writing, passions that endured and thrived into adulthood. She honed her skills entering literary contests, and writing plays and prose for various extracurricular groups in both high school and college. Having written since childhood, Raynetta has composed hundreds of works in a multitude of genres to include children's books, adolescent fiction, short stories, and social essays. Her first work, Barely Breathing, a collection of prose and letters written under the pseudonym Micah Michele and comprised with fellow author J. Mahogany, was published in June 2005. The Grim, a gritty and empowering novel about a young woman's struggle with PTSD, is the spring board by which Raynetta continues reaching for the stars. Her love for writing has developed into a gripping, semiautobiographical insight into the life of an emotionally battered young woman. She now resides in Maryland with her family.