Traces of Kara by Melissa Foster (Review and Giveaway!)

Title: Traces of Kara
Author: Melissa Foster
Publisher: World Literary Press

About the Book: Kara Knight can't wait to leave her hometown for the promise of nursing school and a fresh start on her future--leaving behind an over protective mother, a broken heart and painful memories. However, twenty-five miles away, the brother she doesn't know is determined to be reunited with the sister he cannot forget. 

Kara is abducted and thrown into her obsessive captor's delusional world. As the past she thought she knew unravels around her, Kara struggles to make sense of the memories that come creeping back, threatening her sanity and her safety. Meanwhile, Kara's mother races against time to save the daughter she fears she will lose when a long-held secret is revealed. The hours tick away as Roland plays out his plan--to take Kara with him into death at the exact moment of their birth, never to be separated again. 

TRACES OF KARA is an action packed, pulse pounding psychological thriller/suspense novel that features a determined killer who slowly loses his grip on reality as his carefully detailed plan starts to fall apart and a heroine determined to move forward with her life who now must reconcile everything she believed to be true about her family with the reality of their tragic past.

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My thoughts: I loved this one!  Big old creepy power plant - on the cusp of being shut down so nearly deserted, a stormy night, a disfigured villain, and a helpless victim - What's not to love?  It doesn't take long for Kara to be off the grid before her mother begins to worry.  She pays a visit to the local P.D. and ends up telling her post high-school boyfriend that she thinks Kara is missing.  He played a part in Mimi and Kara's past, so knows a little something about what might be going on.  

Then you have a sharp-eyed cop from a neighboring town who notices that one of his local "possible" lawbreakers is not following his usual routine and has also gone off the grid.  Slowly all the pieces start to fall together and their path's all start to cross.  

The action is non-stop, the victims are piling up, and the villain's ending for Kara is right out of a T.V. show.  Loved the way the author wrapped it all up and gave the story closure.  

If you like thrillers, add this one to your list!  Melissa Foster is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. 

~I received a complimentary eCopy of Traces of Kara from Fiction Addiction in exchange for my unbiased review.~

About the author:  Melissa Foster is the award-winning author of four International bestselling novels. Her books have been recommended by USA Today's book blog, Hagerstown Magazine, The Patriot, and several other print venues. She is the founder of the Women’s Nest, a social and support community for women, the World Literary Café. When she's not writing, Melissa helps authors navigate the publishing industry through her author training programs on Fostering Success. Melissa has been published in Calgary’s Child Magazine, the Huffington Post, and Women Business Owners magazine. 

Melissa hosts an annual Aspiring Authors contest for children and has painted and donated several murals to The Hospital for Sick Children in Washington, DC. Melissa lives in Maryland with her family.

Visit Melissa on The Women's Nest, Fostering Success, or World Lit Cafe. 

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