Scout Cramer and daughter Lucy are Christmas shopping in
Walmart when Scout senses that someone is stalking her.
She
goes into a room marked "Employees Only" and runs into
Boone Anderson. Boone suspects that something is wrong,
but
Scout won't talk to him. She leaves through an exit door
and heads to her car. Boone follows her, but two other
cars
pull out behind Scout at the same time. As shots are
fired,
Scout's car is wrecked. Quickly someone takes her three
year old daughter Lucy and flees the scene. Boone can't
get
to her soon enough, but witnesses the whole thing. Scout
is
rushed to the hospital with a fractured skull, and three
days pass before Boone can talk to her. Although the
police
are working the case, Boone decides he and HEART are going
to step in and help Scout. HEART is a Hostage Rescue and
Extraction organization based in Washington, DC. The team
agrees to do the work pro bono, and makes a plan to find
the kidnapped child. With no good leads, can they rescue
Lucy and get her back before Christmas?
HER CHRISTMAS GUARDIAN is my second visit with the HEART
organization. It is a fast-paced suspense novel about the
consequences we must face regarding the choices we make in
our lives. Boone and Scout are both strong characters who
have experienced loss in their lives. This commonality
pulls them together in this mission to rescue Lucy. There
is also a strong romantic connection between Scout and
Boone. There are a plethora of supporting characters who
each lend their unique voice to the plot to move it along
and keep the intrigue high. Shirlee McCoy gives us a story
about letting God control the things in life that we
cannot
control. It is also a story about social injustices. This
is the second book in Ms. McCoy's Mission: Rescue
series
and I am becoming a fan.
Former army ranger Boone Anderson immediately senses
danger
when he spots Scout Cramer and her precious little girl
while holiday shopping. Then two cars suddenly give chase
in
the parking lot—kidnapping the child. His worst suspicions
are confirmed, and professional instincts propel him into
action. Having lost his own infant daughter years before,
Boone is determined to reunite the beautiful single mother
and her missing child. But when a secret from Scout's past
finally catches up to her, she must work with her
self-appointed guardian to save her daughter. Before the
kidnappers cancel Christmas for all of them…permanently.
Mission: Rescue—No job is too dangerous for these fearless
heroes
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