The Road from Despair was written by Dr. Shawna Welsh, the psychiatrist in "Crazy Love".
Dr. Shawna Welsh, the psychiatrist in "Crazy Love" is the author of at least one book, The Road from Despair. One of her patients, Whitney Davis, is sitting on a bench in the grounds reading Dr. Welsh's book, when she is attacked by Peter Barlow, a serial killer who is escaping from the Laurier Mental Health Clinic.