"An exciting romantic suspense novel"
Seven years ago, Sarah Mason, now an Assistant District
Attorney, the Acting Head of Major Crimes, let her five
year old daughter Lexie go to a nearby table in the park
to get a piece of cake. The child never returns to her
mother and there are no clues for the police to follow up
on. Sarah hires Jake, a private detective Jake to search
for her daughter, but he fails. Still they become
friends, but Sara felt empty inside since Lexie vanished
and wanted to die until, in the present, she almost does
during a robbery. Somebody is trying to make Sarah believe her daughter is
alive through some cruel incidents. Sara wonders if one
of her enemies from amongst those she prosecuted or the
Beaufort police Department are behind the threat to Lexie
as she currently works a rape case against two cops.
Calls from apparently Lexie occur and their safe word is
written onto her car window. An unknown adversary is
terrorizing Sarah through Lexie, but she has no idea who
or why. Jake, who loves her, vows to keep her safe and
somehow find out who is terrorizing a mother who lost her
child. Sarah doesn't even know if her daughter is dead or
alive. Karen Robards has written an exciting romantic suspense
about a woman needing closure to get on with her life, but
instead seven mourning years later she finds more troubles
and fears. The sexual tension between Jake and Sara is so
hot that sparks fly off the pages. The story is told from
the points of view of the lead couple so the audience
knows how the hero feels about his lady in distress.
VANISHED is a haunting tale that grips readers from the
moment Sarah is shot and never slows down until the final
twist. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted April 18, 2006
SummaryTen years ago, Sarah Mason's six-year-old daughter vanished
during an outing at a local park in Beaufort, South
Carolina. Despite a furious search, little Lexie was never
found, and Sarah was left to pick up the pieces of her
shattered life and go on as best she could.
Then, on one hot July night, she returns home from work to
hear the phone ringing. When she picks it up, a child's
terrified voice whispers, "Mommy, help, come and get me . .
." The call is cut off, but not before Sarah's heart goes
into overdrive: the voice belongs to Lexie. Six-year-old
Lexie. Though ten years have passed, she sounds exactly the
same.
Frantic, Sarah turns to the police, the FBI, family, and
friends, none of whom can help. Out of desperation, she
approaches Jake Hogan, once a detective assigned to Lexie's
case. Jake is now a P.I., and though he is skeptical, the
attraction he feels for Sarah pushes him to help her. Ben is
convinced someone is deliberately tormenting the
grief-stricken mother, and the continued tension of sketchy
and unpredictable clues forces them to rely only on each
other. Together they're caught in a nightmare search for
Lexie, who might just still be alive—if only Jake and
Sarah can hang on.
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