Review: A Glimpse Of Evil
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 16, 2012
Autumn Jordon has written a good story that touches on one of the most horrible practices still going strong today. Human trafficking has been a problem since the beginning of time and unfortunately it is still making immoral people a lot of money. She created a very strong mystery/thriller and wrote with sensitivity and compassion about a horrifying, brutal subject. We, the readers, get a glimpse of this atrocious trade but the flip side is we also get a glimpse of how hard our federal agencies work to stop trafficking and help these ill-fated victims and their families.This is Nicole and Will's story...Something as innocent as giving a stranger directions changed her life forever. Every child grows up hearing `never talk to strangers' but most of us think that applies to young children, not teenagers. When Nicole was 16 she was kidnapped one day as she walked home from school. A van pulls up asking for directions, she sees a young boy in the back and thinks the occupants were innocent, lost people. As she approached to better talk to the driver she is tazered and bang-out goes the lights and she lives with and in darkness for the next 8 years.A dangerous Russian mobster, after taking one look at her and finding out she is a virgin, decides that he will keep her for himself. He changes her name to Katrina, rapes, beats, threatens her family, and terrorizes her to keep in control of this poor girl. After a few years of captivity she has a child by this monster; a child that she would do anything to protect. One day he brings a young teenager into her home and demands that she clean the girl up and make her presentable. Nicole immediately sees herself in this young girl and decides that she needs to not only save this poor girl but also her son Luka and herself. She stabs Gorgon, ripping his stomach open and flees with her son and the girl. The only problem she has is she put the girl in the trunk of her car so she wouldn't be seen when trying to drive through the manned gates of the house, but as she pulls over and is in the process of moving her, a police officer pulls up behind her and of course she is arrested.Enter Will. He is a Federal Marshall and has been working on breaking up this Russian trafficking ring for years. When Nicole is arrested he thinks he has finally found a way to arrest Gorgon, his family, and take out the whole operation. The very same night Nicole made her bid for freedom was the same night he planned on making his arrests but with Gorgon fighting for his life and the organization in hiding, his dream of putting a stop to this despicable group goes south. But he has Nicole and her son...his last chance to get these brutal, vile, evil people.While he hides Nicole and her son he does the unthinkable, he falls in love with the woman that he has sworn to protect. Nicole says she loves him too but can this relationship ever work? With her background and inexperience with men, does she truly love him or is it hero worship? Will he ever gather enough evidence to put this Russian family behind bars forever? Does Gorgon survive? Will Nicole survive the bounty that was placed on her head? To get answers to these questions and more you will need to pick up your own copy of "Seized By Darkness" by Autumn Jordon.Anita (The Kindle Book Review)