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| Saving Hope |
The reason I wrote Saving
Hope, the first book in Men of the Texas Rangers Series, is because human
trafficking is over a $32 billion dollar business per year and growing. It
touches all countries, including the United States. Some of our young people
are being affected by this problem and robbed of their childhood. Through it
all I wanted to give a sense of hope through the Lord.
Blurb for Saving
Hope:
When a teenager goes missing from the Beacon
of Hope School, Texas Ranger Wyatt Sheridan and school director Kate Winslow
are forced into a dangerous struggle against a human trafficking organization.
But the battle brings dire consequences as Wyatt's daughter is terrorized and
Kate is kidnapped.
Now it's personal. Wyatt finds both his
faith and investigative skills challenged as he fights to discover the
mastermind behind the ring before evil destroys everyone he loves.
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The opening of Saving
Hope:
Rose
gripped her cell phone so tightly her muscles ached. “Where are you, Lily?”
“At—Nowhere Motel.” A sob
caught on the end of the last word. “Help—me.” Lily’s breath rattled, followed
by a clunking sound as though she’d dropped the phone.
Rose paced the small
bathroom at Beacon of Hope. “Lily?” Sweat coated her palms, and she rubbed her
free hand against her jeans.
Silence taunted her.
What have you done? But the
second that Rose asked that question, an image came to mind of her friend lying
on the dingy gray sheets in the cheap motel, wasted, trying anyway she could to
forget the horror of her life.
“Lily, talk to me. Stay on
the line.” Pulling the door open, Rose entered her room. When she saw her
roommate, she came to a stop.
Cynthia’s wide-eyed gaze
fixed on Rose for a few seconds before the fourteen-year-old dropped her head
and stared at the hardwood floor. Rose crossed to her dresser, dug into the
back of the top drawer, and grabbed a small, worn leather case.
She pushed past her roommate
and headed into the upstairs hallway.
Striding toward the
staircase, Rose dismissed her roommate’s startled expression and focused on the
crisis at hand. “Lily, are you still there?”
A sound as though someone
fumbled the phone and caught it filtered through the connection. “Rose, I
need—you.”
“I told you I would come if
you wanted to get out. I’ll be—”
A click cut off the rest of
Rose’s words. No, Lily. Please hang on.
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**You can read the rest of
the first chapter at: http://www.margaretdaley.com/2012/02/saving-hope-excerpt/
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Is human trafficking happening anywhere near you? If so, what can be done about it?
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| Margaret Daley |
OTHER BOOKS BY MARGARET
DALEY:
His Holiday Family, Love Inspired, December 2011
From This Day Forward, Summerside Press, September 2011
Hidden in the Everglades, Love Inspired Suspense, September
2011
Find out more about Margaret Daley:
Order Saving Hope:
Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/saving-hope-margaret-daley/1105315589?ean=9781426714283&itm=10&usri=margaret+daley
2 comments:
Sounds like a good, intriguing read that brings attention to a problem in our society. I'll need to keep this one in mind. I've read some of Margaret's books in the past and I enjoyed them.
Cecelia: Thanks for stopping by and for the note.
Blessings,
Janet
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