An inside look at the fight against Human Trafficking and a GIVEAWAY!

There is a giveaway at the end of this blog post, but I'd really love it if you could take some time to read the post before you automatically enter into this giveaway.

I want to introduce you to Kimberly Rae: 

Kim and I both grew up in the same area and then followed each other around the country.  Okay, it was really me that followed her around the country, literally.  Though I think I have bragging rights that I met her husband before she did.

Kim has lived in Bangladesh, Uganda, Kosovo and Indonesia. She's done cool things like raft the Nile River, fun things like flying all the way around the world (just not all at once) and ridiculous things, like eating cow brains just to say she'd done it! She's been writing for Christian magazines and curriculum, etc. for over ten years, but her first novel was released in 2011--a Christian suspense and romance book on international human trafficking.


Kim can't live overseas anymore due to Addison's disease (the same disease some think killed Jane Austen--maybe it's a writer thing) and a few other health problems including a cyst on her brain (she says for a stay at home mom, she sure has an interesting life!), but is content knowing God isn't finished with her yet. Kim has two children, ages 7 and 3, and a very nice husband who actually lets her read aloud everything she writes, even the stuff for teen girls--now that's love.





Kim has written two amazing books, Stolen Woman and Stolen Child.

Kim was asked why she wrote these books.  "I looked and looked but could not find one book about trafficking overseas that ended with not just getting rescued from something bad, but to something good."  What I wanted most was to read a story that ended with true freedom and lasting hope. And as someone once said, if you can't find the book you want to read, you must write it. So I did."

  

I gobbled up both of these books, almost as fast as  the Hunger Games trilogy, almost.  I say almost, because I had to wait for the second book to come out.  Fortunately for you, they are both released and readable :).

For those of you that I'm connected to through the adoption blog community, you will be interested to know that the main character, Asha, was adopted.

You will be instantly drawn to Asha.  Asha is a christian teenager from America who goes on a college mission's trip to India, which is very close to her country of birth, Bangladesh.  Asha is innocently exposed to the horrific world of human trafficking. Asha knew nothing about it before meeting Rani, a 16 year old stolen from her home and forced into prostitution in Kolkata, India.  Asha must help this girl escape, but Mark, a 3rd generation missionary, keeps warning her away from the red-light district and its workers. Will she ever discover why? And will they ever stop their intense arguments long enough to admit their even more intense feelings for one another? {ahem..enter love story plot :)} When Asha sneaks out one last time in a desperate attempt to rescue her friend, someone follows her through the night. Is freedom possible? Or will she, too, become one of the stolen?  (portions of this taken from the book's description online)

 Kim does a great job dealing with the effects of being adopted as an infant.  In the second book, you will follow Asha as she seeks to find her birth family in a foreign country.  Her search opens quite the pandora's box, that she wasn't quite sure she was prepared to deal with.

I'm so excited that the set is going to be a trilogy!  I can't wait to read the third book, Stolen Future!

Kim, as a very special favor to me, has offered to giveaway THREE signed copies of her fabulous book!

Here is the way you can be entered into the giveaway:

Leave a comment.  That's all.  Leave a comment telling me why you want to win one of these books.  YOU MUST DO THIS ENTRY TO BE ELIGIBLE TO WIN THE CONTEST.


There are two BONUS ways to win additional entries:  


1. "Like" Human Trafficking Stolen Woman's facebook page.  Leave a comment telling me you did so.


2. Share this giveaway on your facebook, twitter or blog.  Leave a comment telling me you did so. 




So that's THREE ways to enter to win one of THREE books {you can only win one book}!  I will use Random Number Generator to select the winners.  In all efforts to keep things fair, I will have the generator select another winner if the same person wins more than once.


This contest will run until  Monday, May 7, at 9:00 p.m.  I will announce a winner on May 8th!




Feel free to "Like" Bumber's Bumblings page as well to make sure you know who won the contest, but it won't win you any entries into the contest!


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