Willow by
Ronie Kendig
My rating: 💛💛💛💛💛
As stunning as this cover is, so powerful is the story contained within.
the Lord will fight for you; you only need to be still.Ronie Kendig took on the challenge of focusing on a very difficult subject, human trafficking, and delivered a story filled with evil, hurt and darkness, but also that feeling of hope and that Light will break through. Ronie Kendig did not sugar coat the horrible truth about human trafficking and the evil being done to the victims, but the author handled this subject with tact. Sensitive readers will find this book difficult to read.
What I love about this author's work, and which I found again in this story, is that among all the harsh realities, the author will give the reader a relief through the amazing fun banter of amazing characters. I found myself smiling and laughing a few times while reading some of the great banter between the Metcalfes and Range and Cord.
Readers who read the Tox files and loved Tox's "guardian angel" in that series, will love that the stick fighting African warrior has his own story in this book. Chiji's solidness, in faith and skills, was what made me love him in the Tox files and made him an amazing hero in his own story. Willow's strength even amidst the danger and her questions made her one strong female lead.
I loved that a few characters from all Ronie Kendig's previous serious popped up and the author provided a list at the end to tie back the characters to those series.
Range! Bring on his story! I loved this series, not taking nonsense, Metcalfe brother and would love to see how he ended up on the path we saw him on in Willow.
So yes, Willow was a difficult book to read, but one deserving to be read.
*I received a complimentary copy from the author. All opinions expressed are my own.*
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About the book:
To save her, he must become the evil he fights.
Aftercare specialist Willow Metcalfe joined Mission: Liberate Everyone to help trafficking survivors navigate the healing process. When MiLE’s Obioma Compound is attacked by the Nigerian mafia, she’s taken hostage. Against nightmarish odds, she and the victims attempt an escape—and are thwarted.
A decade after leaving his beloved homeland, Chijioke “Chiji” Okorie returns to find his sister and fight for his own country. Believing a global trafficking ring behind her abduction and a string of kidnappings across Nigeria, he goes undercover to find the head of the serpent and his sister. Chiji is stunned to discover among the hostages a familiar face—a friend’s sister, Willow. The woman he vowed years ago to marry.
The man who has interfered with her escape attempts seems … familiar, kind—but Willow knows better. He reeks of the warrior ethos that has devoured many a good man. Engaged in an impossible battle and losing at every turn, Chiji is determined to complete his missions—all of them. Even if it kills him.
About the author:
Ronie Kendig is an award-winning, bestselling author who grew up an Army brat. After thirty years of
marriage, she and her hunky hero are adventuring on the East coast, a short train ride from NYC with their retired military working dog and their Stealth Golden. Ronie’s degree in psychology has helped her pen novels of raw, broken characters.Since launching onto the publishing scene, Ronie’s Rapid-Fire Fiction has hit the CBA Bestseller List, won the prestigious Christy Award, the RT Reviewers' Choice Award (twice), the HOLT Medallion, the IRCA, and FamilyFiction’s Readers’ Choice Awards.Ronie loves people and helping other writers through speaking, workshops, and/or mentoring. Find Ronie at www.roniekendig.com, on Facebook (www.facebook.com/rapidfirefiction) , Twitter (@roniekendig), GoodReads, and Instagram (www.instagram.com/kendigronie ).
