![]() Since Cassie's abusers were jailed, child safeguarding policies have improved so that vulnerable children like Cassie should never again fall through the net and become prey. In 2016, the largest case of child sexual exploitation ever brought to trial at that time in the UK resulted in the conviction of 17 men. Cassie was lost in a world of appalling degradation for years before a local policeman and caring social worker became instrumental in helping her to escape and rebuild her life. This harrowing and truly shocking story captures in vivid detail how gangs of men were able to ply a child with drink and drugs, then rape her and pass her around their associates with no one seemingly able to step in and prevent it. She fell through the net of the care system and reached out for friendship, only to be consumed by an escalating spiral of abuse. Highly recommended reading! ***** Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.Cassie was only thirteen when her mother died of a degenerative illness, leaving her vulnerable to sexual predators in the Halifax area who had been grooming her since the age of eleven. Often exotically dressed, Lucas Davenport is not above skirting the law and bending the rules when he feels it is necessary to solve a case. His unusual techniques and manipulative behaviors work well for him and his string of street contacts. (The other two titles will be "The Hunt" and "The Kill".) I could not read fast enough to find out what was going to happen next. A dark-complexioned, greying detective, Lucas Davenport is as unorthodox as they come. ![]() The three books come out with only a month between each. You will not have to wait a long time between the stories either. Each woman from the academy will get her own story told. It is fantastic! This title is the first of a trilogy. ***** It is hard to believe that this is Allison Brennan's debut novel. And the only way to reach the truth is for Rowan to revisit the violence in her past, a past that just may kill them both. Yet even he will be astounded as the truth comes out. He also has some secrets of his own that he wants no one to learn of. John believes there is more to it all than they currently know. The two brothers own and operate a security firm. This is followed by a second victim, again eerily similar to a character in one of Rowan novels. The victim had the same name, occupation, and looks as a character Rowan wrote in one of her novels. Then a dismembered body is found in Colorado. Rowan thought she had left her past behind her at last. In fact, one of her books is being made into a movie in Hollywood. She began a writing career and had astounding success. No one really knew she left to preserve her sanity. Rowan Smith left the FBI after she was assigned to a case very similar to her own childhood violence. Ten year later, their nightmares really begin. They come together as roommates at the FBI training academy. Three women have known violence in their childhood. John a former Delta Force Officer who has a past of his own, tries to help Rowan revisit her past and figure out who is responsible for making these murders in her books a reality, before they themselves become "The Prey". After releiving Michael of his duties, John takes over. Tess Flynn begins to see that her brother Michael is starting to have feeligns for Rowan, so she makes a call to her brother John Flynn and informs him of the situation and he comes home to help. Rowan isn't very receptive to the bodyguard but after the murders continue she realizes no one is safe. ![]() Michael Flynn reports for duty, assisted by his sister Tess. Rowan's Agent gets concerned for her client, she pays for a bodyguard. This killer is using the same names, towns and cities and occupations as Rowan has written about. When all of a sudden the murders that Rowan is writing about begin happening. Our story starts with Rowan Smith, a former FBI, turned author, after investigating a gruesome Tennessee crime scene.
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