"TRACKING THE MISSING by Sami A. Abrams is the 13th book in the K-9 Search and Rescue series. It’s the suspenseful, page-turning story of Victoria “Tori� Campbell and Michael Lane as they try to figure what happened to three teenage boys, including Tori’s son. Who has them, why did they take them, and where they are? While trying to find the answers and the boys, they’ll have to fight hard just to stay alive themselves.

Tori went to live with her grandparents at an early age when both her parents died. While they loved her, they were ill-equipped to deal with the energy needed to raise a child. To prevent stress, Tori learned at an early age to be what others expected of her, not to rock the boat and to hold her emotions to herself. Married at the age of 18, becoming the automatic mother of her husband’s 2-year-old brother and then a wife to a military man often deployed had her growing up fast. Widowed 6 years ago, she’s learned to carrying on with the same pattern of how to deal with things that she learnt early in life. Realizing the stress Joey was under after the death of the brother that raised him as his own, Tori bit back her fear of the woods and took him and his two best friends on a hiking/camping trip. A trip that went wrong � very wrong � and that left her injured to the extent of passing out and waking up to find all three boys missing.

Michael, former DEA agent, has isolated himself so others wouldn’t be able to figure out what a mess he really is. During an explosion that took the life of his best friend, Tori’s husband, he was left with injures that caused vertigo due to inner ear troubles and PTSD. The best thing that’s happened to him was when Roger Howe, who owns a dog training service, gave him Toby, his German shepherd tracking dog, who turned out to be a great companion and extremely valuable as service dog to him. Michael’s always felt that nothing he does is good enough and that all he seems to do is disappoint those he’s around. It started with his parents, who not willing to accept the line of work he’s felt drawn to, disowned him. Then there the girlfriend he could never please no matter what he did. Lately, he’s ashamed of not upholding his end of the promise he made to his best friend to see to his family if anything happened to him. But how could he help them when he can’t seem to help himself? When he got the call from Tori asking for his help, he knew that was all going to change. He would do anything for Tori and Joey including laying down his life for them.

With a major DEA drug raid in the works, sending in rescue teams in search for the missing boys isn’t an option. Too much of a chance of innocent folks getting hurt or worse. Until the raid, it’s entirely up to Michael and Tori to find the boys and bring them home safely. Can working side by side have them each realizing that in order to help others that you have to be true to yourself first? Will they be able to find the boys and bring them home safely? With Tori seemingly having lost her faith, will Michael’s faith be enough for them both until he can show her back to hers? Will the stress and events of the situation and learning to depend on each other to have their back have their emotions revealing feelings neither dare dream to be true? Can they find the boys and bring them home? What condition will the be in when they find them? Will they ever find the answer of who is doing all this and why?

TRACKING THE MISSING is an exceptional and inspirational suspense story that you won’t be able to put down once you start reading it. The characters may have personal flaws, but you will very rapidly become enamored with them pulling for them to not only be successful in their endeavors but also for a bright future for them � together. Sami A. Abrams delivers a story of forgiveness of oneself, being willing to open yourself to others, family, love knowing no boundaries, sometimes to see ourselves that we have to look through the eyes of someone else, to trust even when it’s the hardest thing to do, sweet romance and wraps it all in a magnificent thread of faith. TRACKING THE MISSING is positively a FIVE STAR story that I highly recommend to everyone! Although part of a series, it can definitely be read as a standalone book � as all the wonderful books in this series can be.

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"Oh wow!! Ms. Abrams pulled me in from the very beginning to the end of the story. I enjoyed reading about the wonderful characters. While camping Tori Campbell is attacked. Her son and his two friends are taken. Former DEA agent Michael Lane and his K-9 come to Tori's rescue. K-9 Ducky is my favorite character. He will steal your heart. This story has all the elements I love in a book. Exciting, intense, heart stopping suspense, finding your faith again, with unexpected twists and turns and a little romance. I couldn't put this story down!! I was given a complimentary copy. All opinions are my own. "