Rescue

by Kim Cano

Set in Thailand's seedy underbelly, in Russell Blake's Jet - Betrayal, Jet rescues a ten-year-old girl named Lawan from Bangkok's red light district. Jet Rescue explores more of that story from Lawan’s point of view, chronicling her time at the Top Cat Club and her escape with Jet and Matt.

"A heartbreaking tale of human trafficking.” Bestselling author Deborah Brown

“Jet – Rescue is a great companion book to Jet – Betrayal.” Reader and Jet fan, Janet Nelson

34 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 27, 2015

About the author

Kim Cano is the author of seven women's fiction novels: A Widow Redefined, On the Inside, Eighty and Out, His Secret Life, When the Time Is Right, The Healing Train, and My Twin in Budapest.

She writes emotionally charged book club reads about second chances, family life, and friendship.

Kim's novelette, The Rescue, is available for free on her website.

Reviews

[Sue Wallace · Rating 5 out of 5]

i received this in exchange for an honest review from kim herself.
wow.
this one i could not put it down.
I read it in one sitting. Wow. I hope there is more volumes. I loved it. I felt sad happy and then sad. this is a must read.

[Scott Bury · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cano rewrote a troubling episode from Blake’s second book in the series, Jet – Betrayal. It’s troubling because it’s about forced child prostitution in Bangkok’s notorious red-light district. Former Mossad agent Maya, code-named Jet, is chasing a quarry hiding in the jungles of Myanmar, or Burma. She begins by infiltrating a sex club in Bangkok, Thailand, where some of the favourite selections are children, including a 10-year-old girl named Lawan.

It’s a heartbreaking part of the action-adventure series, and Kim Cano has taken it and scored a touchdown. She presents the whole episode through the eyes of 10-year-old Lawan, and manages to craft a believable story. She presents Jet and her partner in this story through Lawan’s eyes, as well as the sex club and its owner and manager. She keeps the style simple and honest and clear.

[Deborah Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it - wanted more.

I had heard of these types of things going on in the world, but it wasn't until I read about Lawan that it hit home. This story is a heartbreaking tale of human trafficking.

[Kim Cresswell · Rating 5 out of 5]

JET: Rescue takes the reader on a journey into the horrors of Thailand's child prostitution business told through the eyes of eleven-year-old Lawan from Russell Blake's JET: Betrayal. JET: Rescue is short gut-wrenching and emotionally-charged read!

[Jan Nelson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jet – Rescue is a great companion book to Jet – Betrayal.

[James Wilcox · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was thrilled when Kim Cano asked me to read an advanced copy of her novella JET: Rescue as I am a fan of Cano's work and of Russell Blake's JET series. I love Cano's idea to tell the story, an eleven-year-old girl from Blake's JET: Betrayal. Although JET: Rescue is short, Cano does an excellent job a capturing the fast-paced action of the JET books, while capturing the horrors of Thailand's child prostitution industry. My heart went out to Lawan and I really wanted her to escape from her desperate situation. Even though I knew what was going to happen to Lawan at the end, having read Blake's JET: Betrayal, I was still on the edge of my seat, hoping for a different resolution to her plight.

Fast paced, with excellent dialogue that captures both the innocence and worldliness of eleven-year-old Lawan, Jet: Rescue is a top-notch edition to the JET series.