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Desperate Rescue
No one left the cult without paying a price. Kaylee Campbell had triedto rescue her sister, only to fall prey to the threats of the leader,Noah Nash. After two horrific years, her faith shaken, she managed tobreak free. But when her sister was murdered in retaliation, Kaylee couldn't ignore her guilt and doubt.
Now, on Kaylee's doorstep, there's a mystery man who looks very muchlike Noah, desperate for the help she's quick to deny him. And he sayshe can help her in return—if together they brave a perilous,faith-affirming road.
Now, on Kaylee's doorstep, there's a mystery man who looks very muchlike Noah, desperate for the help she's quick to deny him. And he sayshe can help her in return—if together they brave a perilous,faith-affirming road.
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published August 1, 2007
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May 2, 2025
This story was suspenseful and was one I wanted to keep reading to see what would happen, which pushed it up to a level 4 star.
March 23, 2015
I really honestly say that I was a bit leery about reading this book. But I was plesantly surprised. The author had me hooked from almost the first page, and I simply could not put it down! When Eli Nash approaches Kaylee Campbell to help him get his sister, she refuses and is terrified him at first. There is no way she ever wants to go back to that cult where she was held for two years against her will - the same cult that killed her sister in retaliation after she escaped. But Eli loves his sister and begs her to save her. She tries to convince him that she's too far gone, but he won't listen.
Here's the interesting part: the cult leader is Eli's brother and they look almost exactly alike. He hates his brother and thinks he's evil and needs to be removed from the earth. He will do whatever it takes to make that happen. Interestingly, also, is the fact that Eli is a Christian and Kaylee is not. She wants nothing to do with God and Eli uses every opportunity - almost - to tell her about Jesus and His love.
This book will keep you going! There a lot of action and adventure. The romance was just right for this book. Both fought their attraction to the other for obvious reasons.
Here's the interesting part: the cult leader is Eli's brother and they look almost exactly alike. He hates his brother and thinks he's evil and needs to be removed from the earth. He will do whatever it takes to make that happen. Interestingly, also, is the fact that Eli is a Christian and Kaylee is not. She wants nothing to do with God and Eli uses every opportunity - almost - to tell her about Jesus and His love.
This book will keep you going! There a lot of action and adventure. The romance was just right for this book. Both fought their attraction to the other for obvious reasons.
December 23, 2012
Not a long book, but it packs a punch! The romance genre runs to lightweight plots with stereotype characters, but this one is so different, that I wouldn't class it as "romance."
We've all read and heard of young people trapped in cults and rescuing them is a truly terrifying and dangerous situation for families to cope with. Frequently, they do not get their children, siblings or even parents, back.
This is the situation in which Barbara Phinney's main character, Kaylee Campbell finds herself. Trapped by a cult leader for two years after naively entering the cult's headquarters to find her sister, Kaylee is almost broken in mind and body before escaping. The horrific retaliation exacted for her abandonment of the cult leader, Noah, sends her into hiding.
She is just beginning to get her courage and health back, when Noah's doppelganger appears, asking her to return to the cult to rescue HIS sister...
The twists and turns in this story will keep any reader entertained for hours.
We've all read and heard of young people trapped in cults and rescuing them is a truly terrifying and dangerous situation for families to cope with. Frequently, they do not get their children, siblings or even parents, back.
This is the situation in which Barbara Phinney's main character, Kaylee Campbell finds herself. Trapped by a cult leader for two years after naively entering the cult's headquarters to find her sister, Kaylee is almost broken in mind and body before escaping. The horrific retaliation exacted for her abandonment of the cult leader, Noah, sends her into hiding.
She is just beginning to get her courage and health back, when Noah's doppelganger appears, asking her to return to the cult to rescue HIS sister...
The twists and turns in this story will keep any reader entertained for hours.
January 2, 2015
Have to admit that I did not care for the subject matter in this book...characters were believable and suspense element kept the storyline moving. This was my first time reading the Love Inspired Suspense books. it was a little too Amish meets People's Temple for my taste.
October 7, 2011
I can't really remember how much I liked this book, only that I did like it.
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