Abducted

Policing is a challenging job that can test your endurance and patience to the limits. It is a continual battle between law-enforcers and law-breakers. Professional duties apart, myriad personal problems too need to be attended to.

Janice Cantore's Abducted, the second in the Pacific Coast Justice series, published by Tyndale, deals with the personal and professional duties of the Las Playas police officer Carly Edwards, who must always strive to be one step ahead.

Carly Edwards is also in a complicated relationship with her ex-husband, Nick. But her new found faith enabled her to try mending things with him. When it appears that the relationship was slowly improving, Nick started to drift apart again, hurting Carly.

Carly's partner in the police force is Joe King who adores his four-month-old baby. Joe's wife Christy suffers from a mysterious illness and is admitted into the hospital where their baby goes missing. Carly has to act, and act fast. Will she be able to save the baby? As she pursued every possible lead, her strength and faith is pushed to the limits.

Abducted is offers lots of twists, turns and surprises to delight and satisfy action and intrigue fans. It keeps one guessing. Who kidnapped the baby? Why? It is a well-written book with an intriguing and swift-flowing plot and engaging characters.

Though the book tends to be preachy at times, it is understandable as the enthusiasm and joy of Carly in her new-found faith flows all throughout the book. Author Janice Cantore masterfully takes us on a ride that lovers of Christian fiction will truly cherish.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: A retired Long Beach California police officer of 22 years (16 in uniform and 6 as a non-career officer), Janice Cantore worked a variety of assignments, patrol, administration, juvenile investigations and training. During the course of her career in uniform Janice found that faith was indispensable to every aspect of the job and published articles on faith at work, one for a quarterly newspaper called “Cop and Christ”, and another for the monthly magazine “Today’s Christian Woman”.

With retirement Janice began to write longer pieces and several novels were born. She has a two book suspense series in print she calls Brinna’s Heart Series, The Kevlar Heart and A Heart of Justice (Oaktara Publishing). Janice is excited and honored to now be a part of the Tyndale Publishing House family. Accused, the first installment in her new suspense offering, The Pacific Coast Justice Series, kicked off a brand new chapter in her writing career. In addition to suspense and action, her books feature strong female leads. Janice writes suspense novels designed to keep you engrossed and leave you inspired.

Janice has bachelor’s degrees in Biology (University of California at Irvine) and Physical Education (California State University at Long Beach).  She also completed graduate coursework in Criminal Justice (University of Southern California) and is currently a member of American Christian Fiction Writer’s and Sisters in Crime.  She attends Crescenta Valley Community Church in La Crescenta California and while a few years ago she retired to a house in the mountains of Southern California, she currently resides in Glendale California in order to help care for her aging parents. Janice is single and has three Labrador Retrievers, Jake, Maggie and Abbie. Janice’s hobbies are reading, cross-stitching, kayaking, hiking, walking the dogs and trying to stay fit.

Visit Janice at her website