![]() Karen Kingsbury does a great job of bringing attention to the heartbreaking reality of sex trafficking, while still writing of hope, love and God's grace. What does the future hold for the two of them? Jack and Eliza feel a connection to one another which neither of them can explain. Part of the operation is to gain Eliza's trust in hope she will aid in the takedown. Now ten years later Jack, an FBI agent, is on a mission to take down the sex trade in Belize and rescue the the girls. While in Belize Jack rescues a young girl at great loss to his family. She is coerced into luring vulnerable girls into the "business", a task she detests. While she is not being sold, she is being saved to be married off to the highest bidder. Among them is Eliza, daughter of the man in charge. Young girls are being trafficked for sex to the wealthy tourists. But not all is beautiful in Belize, behind the tranquil paradise is an underbelly of evil. Jack and his family are on vacation at the beautiful beaches of Belize. I received a complimentary ARC from Atria Books through NetGalley. Lovely settings and great characters are part of this faith filled story. It is emotional sad but full of hope, redemptive in the end with the chance of new beginnings and second chances. This is just the background of the two main characters but certainly not whole intricate, intense, dangerous, action packed story of what is covered in the book. He has thrown his life into his job after losing his family. ![]() Untouched but not innocent, at nineteen, she is supposed to be sold to a man.įBI Special Agent Jack Ryder is in Belize undercover on a mission to bring Eliza's father's operation down. She is stuck in a bad situation that she cannot escape and has no hope and desire to live. Eliza, grows up in Belize with a ruthless, bad father after being told that her mom and brother had died. The main subject of the book deals with the tragic issue of human trafficking, in particular, young girls. This is definitely not a Baxter story that the author has written in the past! But the message is still an emotional and thought provoking one. I received a free copy of this book from Atria Books via Netgalley. This is a well researched novel that everyone needs to read in order to know the evils that exist in our world. She shows us how God is present, even in desperate, cruel, and wicked situations from which there seems no escape. Kingsbury shows us the depths of evil in the sex trafficking industry, the laws that sometimes hinder rescued victims from surviving even after escape, and the hearts of the people in and out of law enforcement determined to rescue every single child. The characters are well written and the despair of Eliza and the younger girls is palpable and real. I have read many books by Karen Kingsbury, but this one goes to a whole new level as it exposes the horrors of the sex trafficking industry. Then an FBI agent enters her life, someone she has met before, although she does not remember him and he does not realize she is a child he rescued from drowning the same day his brother died. She is always told she is being saved for "something special," which turns out to be a forced marriage with another drug and sex trafficking family. She soon learns her father is in the sex trade and trafficks young girls. ![]() She is taken to her father's "palace" in Belize and her name is changed to Eliza. Lizzie James is just 8 years old when she is told her mother and brother have drowned.
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