Synopsis

Miranda Quinn is back in the courtroom working as a legal aid attorney when she’s asked to represent Lennon, the daughter of a high school friend currently serving time in prison. Still struggling with guilt from the role she played in her friend’s downfall, Miranda agrees to help. The former assistant DA has given up a lucrative career as a legal talk radio host to better serve her community. In her spare time, she volunteers as a counselor for at-risk teens. It’s challenging but rewarding, at least until the young women begin to mysteriously disappear. As Miranda struggles to find out who is responsible, it becomes clear that Lennon is in danger as well. As the police piece together Miranda’s clues, they realize they’re dealing with a much larger and farther-reaching organization than they had expected.

Miranda has faced her share of adversaries, both in and out of the courtroom. To expose the sex traffickers preying on the group of girls she has sworn to protect, she’ll need to keep her eyes and ears open. But to save the one young woman who needs her most, she’ll have to open her heart.

She’s in for the fight of her life.

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Review

This is one of those stories that brings fear to our hearts. Human trafficking is no joke, and Miranda is trying to help unravel where the missing women are going and who is behind their disappearance. The truth will boggle your mind.

This is the third book in the series, and while it can be read as a standalone, you will get more out of Miranda’s personal relationships if you read the first two books. Miranda is a tough but kind woman. She is married to a wonderful man (maybe as good as my husband!) and enjoys spending time with her family. This caring side is also evident in her work with legal aid and young women trying to find their way in this world.

At a meeting with a group of young women, she learns about people they know from their homes who have disappeared. She delves into what could be happening to them and works with the police to help solve this mystery. I appreciated that she didn’t run off and try and do too much on her own while investigating. She has a clever mind and is able to help piece together what happened and provide clues about where the police should look next.

There was the potential for a shakeup in her personal life regarding her husband’s job. There are some other surprises with her family peppered throughout the book.

I have enjoyed reading this series. The characters are relatable and down-to-earth, and they deal with situations that we might experience. However, I wish there had been more courtroom scenes, especially when it came to convicting the traffickers. Still a book I enjoyed, and I look forward to the next chapter in Miranda’s life.

We give this book 5 paws up.

About the Author

Gail Ward Olmsted was a marketing executive and a college professor before she began writing fiction on a fulltime basis. A trip to Sedona, AZ inspired her first novel Jeep Tour. After three more novels: Driving on the Left, Guessing at Normal and Second Guessing, she began Landscape of a Marriage, a biographical work of fiction featuring landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, a distant cousin of her husband’s, and his wife Mary. Her latest, Miranda Writes, is a contemporary novel with a legal twist. She loves writing about quirky, wonderful women in search of a second chance at a happy ever after.

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