Steve Leyland

Author

Debut novel:

A Girl For The Taking

A sharp, edgy, and gritty tale of the loss of a girl to trafficking, and her fraught lover’s subsequent and desperate quest to recover her unharmed

This is not your run-of-the-mill thriller!

Reader rated _*****

When Marseille resident Nadiya Pētersons’ long sought after, and recently won-over love interest Alice, goes missing, Nadiya is both fraught and hysterical at the unexplained absence. What’s more, when she questions her own wealthy and estranged father, Gerge, the person in whose company she left Alice, she finds him vague, evasive, full of denial, and generally disinterested in her concerns.

Now, more than ever, Nadiya is suspicious of him. Now she is angry – and no-one ever likes an angry Nadiya. Like Gerge, she’s uncompromising and bullish, and she’s feisty too, with endless fortitude and determination.

Calling in her best friend Heidi, and her chauffeur Valentin to assist her, the three set out on a quest to locate Alice. Their enquiries lead them into the dark world of drug smuggling, human trafficking and modern slavery. Just what doesn’t Nadiya know about her father’s existence and business affairs? And can she and her cohorts successfully recover Alice in the face of such daunting and dangerous adversity?

The stakes are high and seemingly stacked against them – and there’s everything to lose.

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