by Patricia Bradley
Justice Delivered is sixteen days from release! It is my favorite book! (mild disclaimer - every book I've released is my favorite at the time of release.)
This story is dear to my heart because it's about human trafficking. I knew nothing about this horrible crime until a volunteer from Advocates for Freedom came to our church. By the time she finished, I knew I had to write about trafficking. I'm now a volunteer for AFF and on their daily prayer list for missing and exploited children.
Did you know human trafficking is second only to drug trafficking in earning revenue? Worldwide it's a $150 billion dollar industry. The last figures for the US were in 2007 and were estimated at over a billion dollars here. I can only imagine what it is now.
Justice Delivered was the book I pitched to my editor for the first Memphis Cold Case Novels but I couldn't write it until the fourth book...it was a hard book to research and write. I wanted to do justice to the victims of human trafficking. And I wanted to offer hope for those who escape from the industry.
Here's the back cover copy:
Carly Smith came by her trust issues honestly. A victim of sex trafficking, she's been at the mercy of merciless men, ignored by law enforcement officers who should have helped her, and seemingly rejected by her family. She can't even trust herself to do the right thing. Though she escaped her captors and is working hard on building a new life, the past continues to haunt her when she discovers that the man she couldn't bring herself to report to police for fear of reliving her captivity is still out there, luring vulnerable girls under the guise of being a modeling agent.
When her own niece is kidnapped, Carly must overcome her fears and come forward with the information she has before it's too late. When that proves to be not enough, she'll have to go after the perpetrators herself.
Carly is one of my favorite characters. She is feisty and independent and brave. I hope you enjoy reading about her. And she meets her match in Logan Donavon.
Are you familiar with human trafficking? Leave a comment with your contact info and I'll enter you in a drawing for Justice Delivered.