Tyler 'Ty' MacFarlane - the 24-year-old man who abducts Gemma. Originally from England, she and her parents, with whom she has a strained relationship, are on a trip in Thailand when she is kidnapped by a young man who takes her to one of the most isolated parts of the Outback in Australia. Gemma Toombs - the 16-year-old protagonist of the novel. He is arrested and whilst receiving treatment for her ordeal she is told that any feelings she had for Ty were due to the Stockholm syndrome. Gemma asked Ty to stay with her in the hospital. Ty takes Gemma to the mine site/civilization for her treatment after the anti-venom that he had preserved is out of date. He leaves a note for Gemma about his whereabouts and Gemma goes in search of Ty behind the house near the water reserve and there a snake bites her. The next day Ty leaves to collect snakes as their venom is essential for the anti-venom that he is preparing. That day Ty and Gemma fall asleep outside the house, on the sand itself. For this purpose he paints his entire outhouse and himself with colors that resemble nature. Ty wants her to realize the importance and beauty of nature which was the main reason he built this house in the middle of the desert. Now Gemma has started to think of Ty in a good way and Ty is happy with that. Ty rescues her and takes care of her until her burns have healed. Still Gemma has not entirely forgiven Ty and tries to escape by taking his vehicle but does not succeed as the truck gets stuck in the desert.

Ty has a nightmare about his past and shouts and screams until Gemma gets up and consoles him. Gemma disapproves of Ty, but after an incident she develops a soft corner for him. He smuggles her away on a plane to Australia and takes her to the middle of the desert, expecting her to fall in love with him.

Whilst at a Bangkok airport, 16-year-old Gemma is kidnapped by 27-year-old Tyler “Ty” MacFarlane from a coffee shop after he drugs her coffee. Subtitled A Letter to My Captor, the book is told in second person narrative as a letter from Gemma to Ty.

It was published in the UK in 2009 and is the story of Gemma Toombs, a 16-year-old girl who is kidnapped by a 27-year-old man named Ty and taken to the middle of the Great Sandy Desert in the Australian Outback. Stolen is the debut novel of author Lucy Christopher.

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