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Finding Kate Huntley

Name: Finding Kate Huntley
Author: Theresa Ragan
ISBN: 9781466470569

by Theresa Ragan

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Overview

During a vacation in the Caribbean, fifteen-year old Kate Huntley’s father, a prominent U.S. scientist, is murdered before her eyes. For the next ten years Kate grows up alone in Haiti, one of the most dangerous and poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. Not a day goes by that she doesn’t think of her father. Kate pushes herself to become stronger, mentally and physically. Every day is a struggle for survival. And yet she lives for only one reason…revenge.

While looking for a drug lord via satellite in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, Jack Coffey, rookie FBI agent, spots Kate Huntley. Jack is sent by the agency to find Ms. Huntley and bring her back to the States. They have many unanswered questions about her father’s death. A professional and responsible man, Jack is confused by Kate’s lack of cooperation. He wants to help her return to the States where he believes she’ll be safe, but she treats him like the enemy and refuses to go. Everything about her is a contradiction. She looks fragile and innocent, but every time he turns around she’s putting another thug in his place. In the beginning Jack wonders if Kate’s distrust of his superiors is warranted or just simple paranoia. In the end, Jack realizes nothing is as it seems.

362 pages

Finding Kate Huntley was a 2008 finalist in the RWA Golden Heart competition.

Other books by Theresa Ragan include: A Knight in Central Park, Return of the Rose, and Taming Mad Max. Theresa also writes romantic thrillers under the name T.R. Ragan. Abducted will be out in May, 2011.

Synopsis

During a vacation in the Caribbean, fifteen-year old Kate Huntley's father, a prominent U.S. scientist, is murdered before her eyes. For the next ten years Kate grows up alone in Haiti, one of the most dangerous and poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. Kate pushes herself to become stronger, mentally and physically. Every day is a struggle for survival. And yet she lives for only one reason...revenge. While looking for a drug lord via satellite in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, Jack Coffey, rookie FBI agent, spots Kate Huntley. Jack is sent by the agency to find Ms. Huntley and bring her back to the States. They have many unanswered questions about her father's death. A professional and responsible man, Jack is confused by Kate's lack of cooperation. He wants to help her return to the States where he believes she'll be safe, but she treats him like the enemy and refuses to go. Everything about her is a contradiction. She looks fragile and innocent, but every time he turns around she's putting another thug in his place. In the beginning Jack wonders if Kate's distrust of his superiors is warranted or just simple paranoia. In the end, Jack realizes nothing is as it seems.

About the Author, Theresa Ragan

Theresa Ragan has been writing for 20 years. She has garnered six Golden Heart nominations in Romance Writers of America’s prestigious Golden Heart Competition for her work. Since self-publishing in 2011, Theresa has sold over 500,000 books and recently signed her first publishing contract. She lives with her husband, Joe, and the youngest of her four children in Sacramento, California.

Other books by Theresa Ragan include Return of the Rose, A Knight in Central Park, Taming Mad Max, and you don't want to miss Having My Baby, the first in the Baylor Family Series.