Monday, November 16, 2020

Protecting Fiona by Susan Stoker

 









3 Star

Hunter “Cookie” Knox’s team was sent into the jungle to rescue a woman from a well-respected family.  When they get to her they find another American.  They can’t leave her, so they get her out but now have someone who has been trafficked 3 months ago and has been passed around and drugged.  Fiona was not expecting to get out of Mexico.  When her captors brought in another woman, she just thought it as another day until some men came to rescue her.  She almost didn’t say anything and would have been left behind.  With everything she had been through she didn’t want to slow them down while dealing with drug withdrawal.  When they all are states side again, she’s not sure what she’s going to do as she lost her job, her apartments, and her life.  Cookie is determined to help her get back on her feet.  When the SEALs are sent on a mission, she’s left alone for the first time and doesn’t handle it well.  Will the team be able to get to her in time? 

This book started out really good.  I was loving it but like I’ve said for other books Susan Stoker has written about rape she doesn’t handle after the rescue well.  With this book you need to suspend your expectation of help and care.  Instead of going directly back to base and sorting everything out half the team goes to a safe house with Fiona.  They patch her up and help her with the withdrawal she’s going through but it doesn’t sound like any medical personnel actually looked at her.  They also didn’t have anyone talk to her about what she went through until she had a mental break and ran away.  I don’t think starting a relationship with someone who was sex trafficked is someone you should start dating without extensive therapy.  I really liked Cookie and Fiona I just wish her mental health was handled better.  It’s not a horrible book but isn’t one of my favorites.

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