This fictional adult Christian novel unfolds the deplorable reality of violence and coercion against children in our own backyard and provides hope for healing relationships whose foundations are fractured beyond repair.
Seth Kennedy has always been the angel on his twin sister’s shoulder…literally, until Marley Kennedy decides she’s had it with Seth’s Christian influence. After all, it hasn’t protected her, so why continue to trust her innermost voice? As Marley becomes enveloped by the world, their connection is severed and both become invisible.
Layne Kennedy, a suicidal mortician and father of Marley (and unbeknownst to him, Seth), Layne finds himself spinning alone in his grief after the accidental death of his first love, Lupe. All Layne wants in life is to survive and to be a better father to Marley than Otis ever was.
Otis Kennedy, a pillar in a small Midwestern community as a big shot attorney, dabbles on the side in the upper echelons of a human trafficking ring. When Otis’ only granddaughter goes missing, pride and sin loosen their grip on Otis. Against the odds, Otis and Layne forge an implausible duo to search for the lost Marley. All the Kennedy men discover they, too, have lost their way only to find what has been hidden in plain sight all along.
My intention is to increase readers’ awareness of human trafficking’s prominence, that it’s happening in clear view, and that the trafficked person is not always abducted as Hollywood depicts. I believe this book is necessary to enlighten people’s ignorance to the issues of human trafficking. My goals by writing this work are twofold; to break through denial/avoidance and to provide hope that healing is possible after trauma and exploitation.
Traffic Stop: Human Division 