I can’t even begin to express how much I loved this story! I simply couldn’t put it down. Related Post: Enjoy Intense Human Trafficking Stories? Try Dangerous Beauty by Melissa Koslin! She allows readers glimpses into their hearts and through those glimpses, she weaves threads of compassion, romance, mystery and redemption. Kendig masterfully creates relatable main characters that are raw and authentic. This story begins with high-stakes and that level of intensity carries throughout the novel, keeping the suspense high and me, full engrossed. Throwing himself into his work, he’s teamed up with OMEN, a black ops group working against human trafficking. Years have gone by and Range is still harboring a deep anger and hurt over his brother’s actions. For readers who enjoyed Kendig’s Wolfsbane (Book 3 in the Discarded Heroes story) about Canyon Metcalfe, they know the history between Canyon and his younger brother, Range, whom this novel is about. This was easily my favorite story (so far!) in the Metcalfes series.

Redemptive, beauty from the ashes story.

Courageous, strong heroine with a dark past.

This gritty, compelling narrative takes readers into the dark, hidden underworld of human trafficking which Kendig delivers in a tactful, delicate way while preserving hope, leaving readers with a sense of fulfillment and redemption. When they find themselves thrown together in a fight for their lives, it becomes a team effort of mutual survival. In true-to-herself fashion, Ronie Kendig has once again delivered another heart-pounding, high-stakes story with a driven hero and strong heroine, each fighting darkness from their pasts. Now that monster wants her-and her American protector-dead. Livid, she knows death is coming for them, because she also holds a very dangerous, very powerful secret: the name of the man at the top of the trafficking ring. They flee into the night-right into the fierce and capable hands of American operators, who ruin everything and put lives at risk. No longer able to live with herself, she takes matters into her own hands and coordinates an escape, a massive coup against the man who has kept her and so many others captive.

Ten years trapped in human trafficking and five of those spent overseeing a compound, Kasra Jazani has little left of her soul. Finally given the green light, he captures her and quickly finds himself entrenched up in a deadly encounter that forces him into the Afghan wilderness-with the madam. Now, he’s targeting the notorious Madam of Kandahar, who has trafficked children and women. Fed up with living in the shadow of his brothers, Range Metcalfe struck out to carve a name for himself-one written in the blood of many a terrorist.

Shadow of Honor by Ronie Kendig