Laurie Penner
ASIN: B00CZXXXXQ
Publisher: Laurie Penner
Pages: 196
When Beth's rebellious teenager disappears, the single mother imagines the worst. Has her daughter run away with some man? Former private investigator Luke Sanders offers to help, introducing Beth to a gentle but firm relationship that was unfamiliar to her during her previous marriage to an abusive alcoholic. Reluctantly befriending this man of questionable character when he has a good lead to find Emily, Beth and her twelve-year-old daughter Bonnie join Luke as he travels to Southern California, where the three search for clues and work together on a case that turns into an urgent race against time. Luke's strikingly beautiful former girlfriend shows up in the middle of things to claim back his attention and Beth endures Marlena's presence during the search. Relying on her faith in God to help her, Beth works through the complications as she tries to back away from any deeper ...