The Daughter's Return

I remember reading this book years ago and I enjoy reading it very much. And I enjoy this series of Lost & Found. I enjoy the characters and their story they are telling me too.

The romance isn't too great in the book between Maggie Macfarland and Jake Halsey but what made it great was a touching story about reuniting a family that has been searching for 26 years for their daughter. This story was inspired by the events with Elizabeth Smart and the author does a great job of instilling hope to families out there still waiting for their missing loved ones to come home. This remains one of my favorites and I hope it inspires more children to be found

An on the job injury probably means the end of field work for CIA Agent Jake Halsey. Still he is highly regarded so no final decision has been made as his superior wants to allow Jake time to heal before they reassess. Jake goes to Salt Lake City to recover, but is irate that he must recuperate when his stepmother is missing and probably in deep trouble. To pass time he works as a genealogist. Attorney Maggie McFarland, CEO of the Kathryn McFarland National Foundation that has recovered thousands of missing children, hires Jake to track her younger sister Kathryn, abducted over two decades ago as an infant. Jake feels in his element with the only new ingredient being that he is falling in love with his client who reciprocates though she feels guilty by doing so when her now adult sibling remains lost. This exciting thriller highlights the impact even years after of an abduction of a beloved; Maggie has more than just dedicated her life to the memory of the incident as she attempts to find her sister; she gave up her own life until Jake enters the scene. The story line is a fabulous investigative romance starring two individuals with scars that have not healed. THE DAUGHTER'S RETURN is Rebecca Winters at her best, which mean contemporary readers will want to peruse this one sitting thriller. Harriet Klausner