Taken in the Night — Janet Y. Martel

Antonio Ibarra was looking forward to spending Christmas vacation with his daughters, seven-year-old Marissa and five-year-old Liana. But he awakens to a cold house, the front door wide open - and his girls missing. Neighbors, including fifteen-year-old Jet Tate and his cousin, Hank Robert, help in the search but it becomes clear someone has taken the children. Someone who could get into the house without alarming Donna, the protective Labrador retriever, someone the girls would go with without waking their father. The police conclude that someone is Antonio himself, in a scheme to keep them away from their mother and her new husband. As Jet watches the police arrest Antonio, he vows to uncover the evidence that will point the FBI in the right direction to find the missing girls and their kidnapper. Little does he realize that this promise could cost him his life. A white knuckled page turner, Taken in the Night will keep readers enthralled from its fiery climax to emotional resolution. Author Bio: Author Janet Y. Martel taught in Catholic schools for over twenty years and is now achieving her lifelong dream to become a writer. Her next book is a murder mystery. When not writing, she spends time with her husband of thirty-seven years, her children and grandchildren and walking the dog her husband bought to get her away from the computer once in a while.