Lost Innocents (1998)

by Patricia MacDonald

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Meet Maddy Blake: devoted wife and mom who always stands by her husband, who's just trying to get her life back together. But now all her hard work is about to be destroyed. A teenage babysitter and the baby boy she's looking after are abducted. Her naked body is discovered in the woods. The little boy is still missing. Witnesses put Maddy's husband, Doug, at the scene of the crime. She stood by him when he was accused of the ultimate betrayal, but can she trust him now?… (more)

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krystalsbooks | Jun 1, 2014 |

This wasn't a bad little suspense book. The only thing that sort of bothered me about it was that an awful lot of characters were introduced. Sometimes I had problems figuring out how they fit into the story. However, it was a good quick read. (

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To my nephews Stephan, Andrew, and Thomas Olivia, with love.

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Rebecca Starnes tossed her hair back and sat up straight against he park bench, surreptitiously tucking her knit shirt into her jeans so that it would lie more smoothly over the curves of her chest.

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Meet Maddy Blake: devoted wife and mom who always stands by her husband, who's just trying to get her life back together. But now all her hard work is about to be destroyed. A teenage babysitter and the baby boy she's looking after are abducted. Her naked body is discovered in the woods. The little boy is still missing. Witnesses put Maddy's husband, Doug, at the scene of the crime. She stood by him when he was accused of the ultimate betrayal, but can she trust him now?

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When a teenaged babysitter disappears with the baby in her care, Maddy Blake, the mother of a three-year-old herself, is shaken. When the girl's body - though not the child's - is found, she's horrified. But she never dreams that the case will determine her fate.
The police arrive to question her husband, a teacher recently acquitted of sexual misconduct charges with a student. Once again, Maddy rallies to her moody husband's defense, this time turning to a handsome young priest for comfort. Then in an impulsive, generous gesture, she opens her home to a family in need...only to discover the strangers have ominous secrets of their own. with her marriage in shreds and her heart yearning for a an forbidden to her, Maddy is surrounded now by deadly danger. And the key to all is one lost child...

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