Innocent Lives: Guardians of Grace Book 1 (SECOND Edition, signed by author)

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A BOOKFEST & HOPE PYX INTERNATIONAL AWARD-WINNING BOOK. AN AMERICAN BOOKFEST FINALIST.

A family camping trip gone horribly wrong…

Jasmine awakes in a brothel, locked up in the “Trouble Room.” She must have done something really, really bad. Her plight is helped by the drugs her owners provide and by becoming “Bay”, a second personality.

Can Jasmine ever become herself again?

Cienna is unable to fight the two men who sell her to a friendly man named Mike. After promising to return her, he ties her up in his barn instead. Eventually, she finds herself admiring her handsome captor as he keeps her safe.

But Mike has a secret deep in his house. And when Cienna discovers it, she realizes that Mike is not friendly at all-he’s a monster. With more than just her life at stake, Cienna decides to escape.

Will she make it out before Mike turns on her?

This suspenseful, domestic thriller satisfies a hankering for a good mystery with a human trafficking as a subject. It is full of twists and turns which include a woman sleuth’s efforts and guardian angels to save the girls.

Innocent Lives categories: Psychological Horror, Suspenseful Novels, Realistic Fiction, Thriller, Dark, Hard-Boiled, Disturbing, Christian Suspense, Crime Fiction, Abuse, Human Trafficking, Family Drama, Coming of Age, Psychological Thriller, Scary, Women Sleuth, Angels, Guardian Angels

For readers of C.C. Warrens, Christy Barritt, Patricia Macdonald, Paige Dearth, Ditter Kellen, Freida McFadden, Shalini Boland, Sue Watson, Maria Trautman, Maureen Wood and Jane Elliot.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING…

HEAVY TOPIC…BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN.
“This book was one that I couldn’t put down. Once I started it I knew that it would be one of those that made me want to stay up and finish it. It did not disappoint…” CMH

The author did an amazing job at telling the character’s story...only a few chapters in I am rooting for these two girls like never before. I rivaled at the characters strengths. It was a beautiful story of strength and endurance. I will remember it for a very long time.” -Claire

A WELL-WRITTEN BOOK!
“I knew after reading Innocent Journeys: Rose and Penny this book would be good. I never imagined how good though! …I read Go Ask Alice at a way younger age than I probably should have, but it stayed with me and shaped my life as well as many others lives. I think this book will too. -dagaz98

“Julie tackles a difficult subject. Hard but necessary to face. She draws you in fully to the lives of two different victims, crosscut stories, but also manages to show you where angels show up. She gives hope in the midst of the trials, and the encouragement to press through.” – Cheryl McKay (Screenwriter The Ultimate Gift and Co-Author, Never the Bride)

“Author did a marvelous job of showing the psychological conditioning by abductors towards their abductee. The step-by-step conditioning displayed in the abductor’s behavior and actions, without ever having to explain it to the reader their action, is fantastic. I love the way she introduced and displayed her characters. She makes the reader identify and care for these girls, to the point of tears. A deeply moving book.” -Richard B.