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Published on 4. March 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
370 pages
979-8-224-32597-9 (ISBN)
Description
A family vacation in Sicily. It was supposed to be a fun, relaxing getaway before beginning her final year of undergrad. Being dragged off the street and into a van at gun point was not part of the equation, nor was finding herself bound, blindfolded, and ransomed back to her parents. Rylee Collins had been living the American Dream but now she was afraid she might not live to see another day.
Micah Livingston has been around the block and back. Born and raised a rich brat amongst New York's elite, he gave it all up at eighteen to enlist after 9/11. Unfortunately, his stint as a Navy SEAL was cut short by injury. He found new work with a private high-risk search and rescue firm out of New Orleans and has been burning the candle at both ends ever since. He's also on the verge of burning out and contemplating his true place and purpose in the world. When his estranged father calls him out of the blue to help a friend locate his abducted daughter, he pulls the team to Italy to track her down and bring her back. Little does he know she's the key that he's been missing to find his own way . . . home.
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A.J. Cole lives in seclusion somewhere in New England. Not where she'd prefer to live in New England, but marriage vows are binding and she's not complaining. Much. Out loud. Anymore.
Along with her very patient husband, are her two amazing and inspiring spawn, as well as the biggest chicken of a Saint Bernard mix the world has ever seen. He's the goodest boy though. Unless you're the UPS man. FedEx and USPS are apparently okay. He adores the trash man.
Before getting into writing, her former 9-to-5 involved layout and design (among other things) for textbooks. She is now cursed with great knowledge of all things in the literary process. And pictures of eyeballs she can never unsee. So. Many. Eyeballs. *shivergrimace*
When A.J. isn't reading or writing, she's binging her comfort shows (she would live in Michael Schur's brain if she could-provided that didn't sound weird or stalkery?) or planning her return to the coast of Maine where her soul thrives.
Writing is her passion, and if she didn't get the voices out of her head and onto the page with any sort of regularity, she'd be far more insane.
To quote Taylor Tomlinson, "I could be a lot crazier if I wanted. But I keep a lid on it pretty good, and I deserve to stop at Target on the way home. With no time limit. And I want a cart, not a basket."